Class information

Class Time 11:00-12:00 MTWThF
Classroom 262 Nicholson
Instructor Dana A. Browne
Room 124-B Nicholson Hall
Phone 578-6843
Email browne@phys.lsu.edu
Office Hours Open

Grades

This is a journal club style meeting. Students will take turns presenting journal articles found in their research. Grades will be based on participation in discussion and amount of preparation shown before presenting their own paper.

Handouts

  1. How to do a Master's Thesis
  2. Outline of your thesis project (Due by July 10) A sample version is here
  3. Writing a Journal Article
  4. McDermott and Shaffer Part 1
  5. McDermott and Shaffer Part 2

Supplementary Review Articles

  1. What is Cooperative Learning?
  2. Physics in Movies and Cartoons
  3. Statistics and Probability in Gas Expansion
  4. Education Research Using Web-based Assessment
  5. Why it's OK to do research in a classroom
  6. Madison, WI school district info on classroom education research 'Action Research'
  7. Force Motion Conceptual Evaluation (original paper, with test)
  8. Physics Education Research Resource Letter
  9. A Review of Astronomy Education Research
  10. Grappling with Science Education Literature
  11. Are Gain Scores Obsolete?
  12. Design of Pretest/Posttests

Useful links

  1. Resources for Physics and Astronomy Education
  2. Physics Education Technology at Univ. of Colorado
  3. Physics Education Group at Univ. of Washington
  4. Physics Education Group at Univ. of Maryland
  5. LOTS of Assessment Tools
  6. Link to LSU IRB Office and Micah's application
  7. PDF Copy of the NIH Training program for protecting human participants.

Presentations

DATE PRESENTER PAPER
Mon June 8
Tue June 9
Wed June 10 Micah Davies High School Content and College Grades
Thu June 11 Ingrid Cruz Robotics and Science Literacy
Fri June 12 LIGO Trip
Mon June 15 John Lappin Introduction to CLASS
Tue June 16 Jason Jones Identifying Student Misconceptions
Wed June 17 Jason Jones Conceptual Understanding in Ninth Grade Physics
Thu June 18 Dan Cox The Soft Classroom
Fri June 19 Cynthia Rau Learning In an Immersive Digital Theater
Mon June 22 Danny Iverstine Student Ideas and Inquiry: Investigating Friction in the Classroom and supplementary item 2
Tues June 23 Beth Hitt Does Online Homework Make a Difference?
Wed June 24 Jane Pablico Using the Force Concept Inventory
Thu June 25 Jonah Ngenja Improving Student Teamwork and supplementary item number 1.
Fri June 26 LIGO TRIP #2
Mon June 29 John Lappin Clickers or Flashcards?
Tue June 30 Beth Hitt Thesis Presentation
Wed July 1 John Lappin Thesis Presentation
Thu July 2 Cynthia Rau Thesis Presentation
Fri July 3 HOLIDAY
Mon July 6 Danny Iverstine Thesis Presentation
Tue July 7 Ingrid Cruz Thesis Presentation
Wed July 8 Jane Pablico and Jonah Ngenja Thesis Presentation
Thu July 9 Micah Davies Thesis Presentation
Fri July 10 Jason Jones Thesis Presentation