J-1 Scholars and Professors This section provides the following detailed information for professors, researchers, short-term scholars, and specialists with J-1 visa status. Important Information about J-1 Exchange Visitor Status [1] ● Change of Status [2] ● Change of Status to J-1 [3] ❍ Change of Status to J-2 Dependent [4] ❍ Employment: Occasional Lectures and Consultations [5] ● Two-Year Fore...

We discuss the categorization of 20 quantum mechanics problems by 6 physics professors and 22 undergraduate students from two honors-level quantum mechanics courses. Professors and students were asked to categorize the problems based upon similarity of solution. We also had individual discussions with professors who categorized the problems. Faculty members’ categorizations were overall rated b...

Emeritus: (Professor) L. L. Cavalli-Sforza, Leonard A. Herzenberg Chair: David Botstein Professors: David Botstein, Stanley N. Cohen, David R. Cox, Ronald W. Davis, Uta Francke, Margaret T. Fuller, Richard M. Myers, Neil J. Risch, Matthew P. Scott, Associate Professors: Gregory S. Barsh, Michele P. Calos, Mark A. Kay, Stuart K. Kim, Tim Stearns, Douglas E. Vollrath Assistant Professors: Julie C...

In higher education, student ratings are often used to evaluate and improve the quality of courses and professors' instructional skills. Unfortunately, student-rating questionnaires rarely generate specific feedback for professors to improve their instructional skills. The impact of student ratings on professors' instructional skills has proven to be low. This study concerns the psychometric pr...

Three-quarters of a century of educational literature (Chamberlain & Kelly, 1981; Furst, 1981; Ryan, 1973; Stevens, 1912) suggests that the main emphasis in schools has been teaching students facts, even though teachers and curriculum designers have attested to the importance of teaching students to think (Gall, 1970; Roberts, 1974). Newcomb and Trefz (1987) in a study of college professors of ...