Issues in Physics Education

Presentations

• What is physics? The perceptions of middle and high school students in El Paso

  ORAL

  March 23, 2005, 11:30 AM – March 23, 2005, 11:42 AM

  Authors

  • Eric Hagedorn

    • University of Texas at El Paso

  • Manuela Ortiz

    • University of Texas at El Paso

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• Girls, Cars, and Science

  ORAL

  March 23, 2005, 11:42 AM – March 23, 2005, 11:54 AM

  Authors

  • Beth Parks

    • Colgate University

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• Internships in Public Science Education program: a model for informal science education

  ORAL

  March 23, 2005, 11:54 AM – March 23, 2005, 12:06 PM

  Authors

  • Greta Zenner

  • O.M. Castellini

    • Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin - Madison
    • University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Arthur Ellis

  • Wendy Crone

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison

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• The LEAPS GK-12 Program

  ORAL

  March 23, 2005, 12:06 PM – March 23, 2005, 12:18 PM

  Authors

  • Elisabeth Gwinn

    • Physics Dept., UCSB
    • California Nanosystems Institute, UCSB

  • Fiona Goodchild

  • Wendy Ibsen

    • Calicornia Nanosystems Institute, UCSB

  • Marilyn Garza

    • Santa Barbara Junior High School

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• Graduate Physics Education – Adding Industrial Culture and Methods to a Traditional Graduate Physics Department

  ORAL

  March 23, 2005, 12:18 PM – March 23, 2005, 12:30 PM

  Authors

  • Ronna Turner

  • Ken Vickers

    • University of Arkansas

  • Greg Salamo

  • Ron Foster

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• What Computational Approaches Should be Taught for Physics?

  ORAL

  March 23, 2005, 12:30 PM – March 23, 2005, 12:42 PM

  Authors

  • Rubin Landau

    • Oregon State University

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• Classroom Physics Applications Using The Open Source Physics (OSP) Library

  ORAL

  March 23, 2005, 12:42 PM – March 23, 2005, 12:54 PM

  Authors

  • J.E. Hasbun

    • State University of West Georgia

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• MIT’s 3.091 and NSDL Materials Digital Library: Investigating the Role of Digital Libraries in Freshmen Introductory Science Courses with No Lab Component

  ORAL

  March 23, 2005, 12:54 PM – March 23, 2005, 1:06 PM

  Authors

  • Donald Sadoway

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Laura Bartolo

    • Kent State University

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• Uncertainty Calculations in the First Introductory Physics Laboratory

  ORAL

  March 23, 2005, 1:06 PM – March 23, 2005, 1:18 PM

  Authors

  • Shafiqur Rahman

    • Allegheny College

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• Interdisciplinary Materials Science at a Small Liberal Arts College: Integration of Curriculum and Research

  ORAL

  March 23, 2005, 1:18 PM – March 23, 2005, 1:30 PM

  Authors

  • Sasha Dukan

    • Department of Physics

  • Scott Sibley

    • Department of Chemistry, Goucher College, Baltimore, MD 21204

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• Undergraduate Instruction in Nanoscience: Visualizing Quantum Confinement and Resonance Effects in 2DEG Nanostructures

  ORAL

  March 23, 2005, 1:30 PM – March 23, 2005, 1:42 PM

  Authors

  • Ronald Cosby

  • Arkady Satanin

    • Ball State University, Muncie, IN

  • Yong Joe

    • Ball State University
    • Center for Computational Nanoscience, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
    • Ball State University, Muncie, IN

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• Classical analogy of Fano interference

  ORAL

  March 23, 2005, 1:42 PM – March 23, 2005, 1:54 PM

  Authors

  • Arkady Satanin

    • Ball State University, Muncie, IN

  • Yong Joe

    • Ball State University
    • Center for Computational Nanoscience, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
    • Ball State University, Muncie, IN

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• Nanotechnology, Society, and Freshman, Oh My!

  ORAL

  Authors

  • Charles Tahan

    • Physics Dept.

  • Wendy Crone

    • Engineering Physics

  • Karin Ellison

    • Graduate School

  • Ricky Leung

    • Sociology

  • Clark Miller

    • Science and Technology Studies

  • Greta Zenner

    • Materials Research Science and Engineering Center; University of Wisconsin-Madison

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