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Session:
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Paper Type:
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Contributed
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Title:
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A New Faculty's Perspective on Introducing the PET Curriculum
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Meeting:
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2005 AAPT Summer Meeting: Salt Lake City, UT |
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Location:
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Panorama East |
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Date:
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Wednesday, Aug. 10 |
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Time:
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4:15PM
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Author:
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Steven Sahyun, Univ. of Wisconsin, Whitewater
262-472-5113, sahyuns@uww.edu
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Co-Author(s):
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None
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Abstract:
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During the 2004-2005 academic year, the Physics for Elementary Teachers curriculum1 was field tested at a mid-sized regional midwest university.This paper will describe the experiences a new junior faculty member had in the course adoption and implementation process of this structured model-building activity-based course. The rationale for the course adoption over a previous active engagement course, advantages and disadvantages of the course, as well as successes and difficulties encountered with the course adoption and implementation process will be explored. Finally, results from a longitudinal study using pre- and post-test conceptual questions2 will be shown.
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Footnotes:
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1. The Physics for Elementary Teachers curriculum description and information is located at http://cpucips.sdsu.edu/web/pet/index.html
[2] Pre- and post-test questions were adapted from Mazur, E., Peer Instruction: A User?s manual, Prentice Hall, 1997.
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