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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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9:20 AM -9:30 AM
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Author:
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Gintaras Duda, Creighton University
402-280-5730, gkduda@creighton.edu
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Co-Author(s):
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None
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Abstract:
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Problem-based and project-based learning (PBL) are two pedagogical techniques that have several clear advantages over traditional instructional methods: 1) both techniques are active and student centered, 2) students confront real-world and/or highly complex problems, and 3) such exercises model the way science and engineering are done professionally. This talk will present an experiment in project/problem-based learning in a mathematical physics course and an attempt (still in its infancy) to deliver an upper division physics course completely in the problem/project based format. More specifically, one group project in the course involved modeling a zombie outbreak of the type seen in AMC's ``The Walking Dead.'' Students researched, devised, and solved their mathematical models for the spread of zombie-like infection. Results of student interviews and surveys will be presented as well as an instructor's perspective on using PBL in upper division physics courses.
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Footnotes:
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