Undergraduate Physics Education

Presentations

• Parallel Performance Analysis between Free Response Environments and the Force Concept Inventory in Introductory Mechanics Courses

  ORAL

  March 18, 2013, 2:30 PM – March 18, 2013, 2:42 PM

  Authors

  • Nicole Bobbitt

    • University of West Florida

  • A. Wade

    • University of West Florida, Physics Department
    • University of West Florida, Physics
    • University of West Florida

  • Chandra Prayaga

    • University of West Florida, Physics Department
    • University of West Florida

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• Using a flipped classroom in an algebra-based physics course

  ORAL

  March 18, 2013, 2:42 PM – March 18, 2013, 2:54 PM

  Authors

  • Leigh Smith

    • University of Cincinnati
    • Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Ohio 452210-0011, USA
    • University of Cincinnati, OH
    • Dep. of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
    • University of Cincinati

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• The Use of Research-Based Instructional Strategies in Introductory Physics: Where do Faculty Leave the Innovation-Decision Process?

  ORAL

  March 18, 2013, 2:54 PM – March 18, 2013, 3:06 PM

  Authors

  • Charles Henderson

    • Western Michigan University

  • Melissa Dancy

    • University of Colorado Boulder

  • Magdalena Niewiadomska-Bugaj

    • Western Michigan University

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• Wikispaces (Wikis) and Group Problem Solving (GPS) sessions in Physics classes

  ORAL

  March 18, 2013, 3:06 PM – March 18, 2013, 3:18 PM

  Authors

  • Hashini Mohottala

    • University of Hartford

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• Computer-based, Jeopardy\texttrademark -like game in general chemistry for engineering majors

  ORAL

  March 18, 2013, 3:18 PM – March 18, 2013, 3:30 PM

  Authors

  • S.S. Ling

    • KUSTAR - Khalifa University

  • F. Saffre

    • KUSTAR - Khalifa University

  • M. Kadadha

    • KUSTAR - Khalifa University

  • D.L. Gater

    • KUSTAR - Khalifa University

  • Abdel F. Isakovic

    • Khalifa University - KUSTAR
    • KUSTAR - Khalifa University

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• The Physics Learning Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

  ORAL

  March 18, 2013, 3:30 PM – March 18, 2013, 3:42 PM

  Authors

  • S.M. Nossal

    • Physics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • L.E. Watson

    • Physics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • E. Hooper

    • Physics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • A. Huesmann

    • Physics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • B. Schenker

    • Physics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • P. Timbie

    • Physics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • M. Rzchowski

    • Physics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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• Re-Envisioning the Introductory Physics Sequence at Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC)

  ORAL

  March 18, 2013, 3:42 PM – March 18, 2013, 3:54 PM

  Authors

  • Scott J. Thompson

    • Georgia Gwinnett College

  • Kenneth B. Sales

    • Georgia Gwinnett College

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• On ``Global Warming/Climate Change" --- A Critical-Thinking Approach to Analyzing some of the Science while Teaching the Scientific Method

  ORAL

  March 18, 2013, 3:54 PM – March 18, 2013, 4:06 PM

  Authors

  • Laurence I. Gould

    • University of Hartford

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• ABSTRACT WITHDRAWN

  March 18, 2013, 4:06 PM – March 18, 2013, 4:18 PM

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• Sensory illusions: Common mistakes in physics regarding sound, light and radio waves

  ORAL

  March 18, 2013, 4:18 PM – March 18, 2013, 4:30 PM

  Authors

  • T.M. Briles

    • Georgian Court University

  • A.E. Tabor-Morris

    • Georgian Court Univeristy
    • Georgian Court University

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• Introducing New Experiments to the Contemporary Physics Lab: Emphasis on Quantum Mechanics Foundations and New Physics Frontiers

  ORAL

  March 18, 2013, 4:30 PM – March 18, 2013, 4:42 PM

  Authors

  • Khalid F. Eid

    • Miami University
    • Physics Department, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056

  • Jan M. Yarrison-Rice

    • Miami University, Oxford, OH
    • Miami University
    • Dep. of Physics, Miami University, Oxford, OH
    • Physics Department, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056

  • Herbert Jaeger

    • Miami University
    • Physics Department, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056

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• On the Electron Gas Heat Capacity in Undergraduate Solid State

  ORAL

  March 18, 2013, 4:42 PM – March 18, 2013, 4:54 PM

  Authors

  • Javier Hasbun

    • University of West Georgia

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• Design and operation of an inexpensive far-field laser scanning microscope suitable for use in an undergraduate laboratory course

  ORAL

  March 18, 2013, 4:54 PM – March 18, 2013, 5:06 PM

  Authors

  • Arthur Pallone

    • Norwich University

  • Eric Hawk

    • None

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• Simulation and Visualization of Chaos in a Driven Nonlinear Pendulum -- An Aid to Introducing Chaotic Systems in Physics

  ORAL

  March 18, 2013, 5:06 PM – March 18, 2013, 5:18 PM

  Authors

  • Godfrey Akpojotor

    • Theoretical and Computational Condensed Matter Physics, Physics Department, Delta State University, Abraka, Nigeria

  • Louis Ehwerhemuepha

    • Computational Science, Chapman University, Orange, California, USA

  • Ogheneriobororue Amromanoh

    • Department of Biosystems Engineering School, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada

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• Incorporating Ideas from Detector Physics into the Physics Curriculum: from HS to College

  ORAL

  March 18, 2013, 5:18 PM – March 18, 2013, 5:30 PM

  Authors

  • Miso Komarov

    • Chicago State University

  • Bernard Boston

    • Chicago State University

  • Rodney Carmona

    • Chicago State University

  • Ely Leon

    • Chicago State University

  • Mel Sabella

    • Chicago State University

  • Edmundo Garcia-Solis

    • Chicago State University

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