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Location:
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HC 3023 & 3023A |
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Date:
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Wednesday, Aug.3 |
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Time:
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9:00 AM -9:10 AM
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Author:
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Jacquelyn Chini, University of Central Florida
407-823-3607, jchini@physics.ucf.edu
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Co-Author(s):
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Archana Dubey
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Abstract:
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The studio mode of learning combines the lecture, laboratory, and recitation components of a traditional course in an integrated, student-centered environment. Others have demonstrated the success of studio in introductory calculus-based physics. However, there have been fewer studies on the effectiveness of this strategy for algebra-based physics courses. In spring 2011, one instructor was assigned to teach both studio-mode and traditional sections of the second semester introductory algebra-based physics course at the University of Central Florida. We discuss the differences between the ways one instructor taught the same content in these two formats. Having the same instructor for both the studio and lecture courses allows for comparison between these formats without variations introduced by individual instructors. We begin to assess the effectiveness of our algebra-based studio by comparing the performance of students from these sections in common tasks, including the Survey of Electricity, Magnetism, Circuits and Optics (SEMCO) and quizzes.
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Footnotes:
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None
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