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AAPT SM 20

Sketch production rules before designing, categorizing, solving, and grading problems

production system

problem-solving

grading

The 2020 AAPT Virtual Summer Meeting brought together physics educators from around the globe to learn about the latest in physics theory, research methodology and education from leaders in their field. The program featured plenary speakers, sessions, workshops and many special activities.

For more information please visit the 2020 AAPT Virtual Summer Meeting page at: https://www.aapt.org/Conferences/SM2020/index.cfm.


The 2020 AAPT Virtual Summer Meeting brought together physics educators from around the globe to learn about the latest in physics theory, research methodology and education from leaders in their field. 

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3 Dimensional Learning in Student Work: Developing and Using Models

Encouraging collaborative partnerships: An extended professional development process for Learning Assistants and Faculty

Making physics problems less google-able

Just a Draft: Improving Lab Report Writing

Anticipatory Teaching Technique of “Physics Quest” in the Classroom: Light

Anticipatory Teaching Methods and their Usage by Physics/Science Teachers

SUPER Recruitment and Retention Program

We have led the horse to water. Now what? Open Textbooks

Confessions of a Spark Plug - Sparking children's Imagination

Guided by recent AAPT guidelines, reorganization of the lab sequence at Creighton University resulted in a new, intermediate-level course designed to teach the six skills that practicing scientists rely on: constructing knowledge, modeling, designing experiments, developing technical and practical lab skills, analyzing and visualizing data, and communicating physics. As a way of introducing fundamental programming skills, students are tasked to integrate a microprocessor (Arduino Uno) with simple sensors to create basic data acquisition and control systems that can automate measurements. Here we highlight two examples. The first is a simple temperature controller used to maintain the temperature of an aluminum block. The second is a large angle pendulum whose amplitude and half period are measured using a rotary encoder. In both instances, students are challenged to design the program and troubleshoot its final application in the real world.

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