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Spring 2013: Fridays at 3:35 p.m. in Tate room 157
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| Jan. 25 | Friday 3:35 p.m. | (group meeting) | Seminar Organizational Meeting |
| Feb. 1 | Friday 3:35 p.m. | Peter Bohacek, Henry Sibley High School | Direct Measurement Videos in Physics Class |
| Feb. 8 | Friday 3:35 p.m. | Mandy Straub, UMN | Overview of the Zooniverse project |
| Feb. 15 | Friday 3:35 p.m. | Allan Straub, UMN | Lab report grading rubric |
| Feb. 22 | Friday 3:35 p.m. | Leon Hsu, UMN | Computer coaches for problem-solving in introductory physics: Usage modes and patterns |
| Mar. 1 | Friday 3:35 p.m. | Melissa Eblen-Zayas,Carleton College | Rethinking assessment in upper level lab courses |
Spring 2012: Fridays at 3:35 p.m. in Tate room 157 (unless otherwise noted)
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| Jan. 27 | Friday 3:35 p.m. | (group meeting) | Seminar Organizational Meeting |
| Feb. 3 | Friday 3:35 p.m. | Ken Heller, UMN | Introduction of Physics education research |
| Feb. 10 | Friday 3:35 p.m. | Qing Xu, UMN | Using computer coaches in introductory physics problem solving |
| Feb. 17 | Friday 3:35 p.m. | Leon Hsu | Using computer coaches in Fall2011 introductory physics |
| Feb. 24 | Friday 3:35 p.m. | Kristin Crouse | Developing the Internet computer coaches for introductory physics- version 2.0 |
| Mar. 2 | Friday 3:35 p.m. | Mandy Pihlaja | Introduction about the Zooniverse project |
| Mar. 9 | Friday 3:35 p.m. | Mandy Pihlaja | Historical trends in science education |
| Mar.16 | NO SEMINAR | (SPRING BREAK) | |
| March 23 | Friday 3:35 p.m. | Brita Nellermoe, UMN | Faculty Perceptions of Teaching and Learning: What Do We Know ? |
| March 30 | Friday 3:35pm | Jen Docktor | Eye movement patterns while studying multiple representations of physics problems |
| Apr. 6 | Friday 3:35 p.m. | Laura McCullough | Gender differences based on problem context |
| Apr. 13 | Friday 3:35 p.m. | Andy Rundquist (Hamline University) | Standards-Based Grading with Voice |
| Apr. 20 | Friday 3:35 p.m. | Nathan Vanderby | The emergence of online lectures |
| Apr. 27 | Friday 3:35 p.m. | Yuichi Kubota | Using computer coaches in Spring 2012 introductory physics |
| May 4 | Friday 3:35 p.m. | Joel Donna | "Online curriculum development tool- 3Ring" |
Spring 2011: Fridays at 1:25 p.m. in Tate room 157 (unless otherwise noted)
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| Jan. 28 | Friday 1:25 p.m. | (group meeting) | Seminar Organizational Meeting |
| Feb. 4 | Friday 1:25 p.m. | Leon Hsu, UMN | Using Computers to Coach Problem Solving in Introductory Physics |
| Feb. 11 | Friday 1:25 p.m. | Pat Heller, UMN | Framing Appropriate K-12 Physics Standards: Will Students Be Ready for College? |
| Feb. 18 | Friday 1:25 p.m. | Danny Caballero ,Georgia Institute of Technology | Reforming physics instruction at an engineering university |
| Feb. 25 | Friday 1:25 p.m. | Ken Heller, UMN | Using Research Based Procedures to Modify the Introductory Physics for Biology and Premedical Majors |
| Mar. 4 | Friday 1:25 p.m. | Andrew Mason, (currently at University of Central Arkansas) | Building Computer Coaches for Introductory Physics Problem Solving |
| Mar.11 | NO SEMINAR | (SPRING BREAK) | |
| March 25 | Friday 1:25 p.m. | Brita Nellermoe, UMN | Faculty Perceptions in Teaching and Learning |
| Apr. 1 | NO SEMINAR | 2011 Minnesota Conference on Science Education at Mankato, MN | |
| Apr. 8 | Friday 1:25 p.m. | Andrew Mason & Qing Xu, UMN PER group | Assessing Student Problem Solving Using a Rubric: A Workshop |
| Apr. 15 | Friday 1:25 p.m. | Karl Ludeman | Evaluation of Student Solution Rater Agreement |
| Apr. 22 | Friday 1:25 p.m. | Kawin Chaumklang | Thai High School Physics Teachers' Conceptions of "Student-Centered" Teaching and Learning |
| Apr. 29 | Friday 1:25 p.m. | Anne Loyle-Langholz | Evaluation of Student Problem Solving: Before and After Using Computer Coaches |
| May 6 | Friday 1:25 p.m. | Mandy Pihlaja | Comparing University of Washington Tutorials in Physics with an exploratory lab activity with electric circuits |
Spring 2010: Fridays at 1:25 p.m. in Tate room 157 (unless otherwise noted)
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| Jan. 29 | Friday 1:25 p.m. | (group meeting) | Seminar Organizational Meeting |
| Feb. 5 | Friday 1:25 p.m. | Brita Nellermore, UMN, Physics Education Research group | Literature Review: Faculty perceptions |
| Feb. 12 | Friday 1:25 p.m. | Andrew Mason, UMN, Physics Education Research group | Literature Review: Student Evaluations vs. Student outcomes |
| Feb. 19 | Friday 1:25 p.m. | Leonardo Santiago | Concept Maps in physics problem solving |
| Feb. 26 | Friday 1:25 p.m. | Leon Hsu, UMN | Student attitudes towards problem solving |
| Mar. 5 | Friday 1:25 p.m. | Sashank Varma, UMN, Educational Psychology | Problem solving and its underlying neural mechanisms |
| Mar.12 | Friday 1:25 p.m. | Craig Ogilvie, Iowa State Univ., Physics | Problem structure and student approaches to problem solving |
| Mar.19 | NO SEMINAR or TBD | (SPRING BREAK) | |
| March 26 | Friday 1:25 p.m. | Steven Olsen, UMN | Phys TEC Epilogue |
| Apr. 2 | Friday 1:25 p.m. | Jon Anderson, UMN | QuarkNet |
| Apr. 9 | Friday 1:25 p.m. | Leon Hsu, UMN, Physics | The role of student attitudes towards "Physics by Inquiry" |
| Apr. 16 | Friday 1:25 p.m. | Ken Heller, UMN, PER group | Faculty perceptionsCorrelations between student performance and evaluation of teaching |
| Apr. 23 | Friday 1:25 p.m. | Brita Nellermoe, UMN | Faculty perceptions |
| Apr. 30 | Friday 1:25 p.m. | Leonardo Santiago, UMN | Role of Mathematics in physics problem solving |
| May 7 | Friday 1:25 p.m. | Jen Docktor, Univ. of Illinois Urbana Champaign, PER group | TBA |
Spring 2009: Fridays at 4:40 p.m. in Tate room 157 (unless otherwise noted)
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| Jan. 23 | Friday 4:40 p.m. | (group meeting) | seminar organizational meeting |
| Jan. 26 | Monday 10 a.m. room 157 | Fran Mateycik, Kansas State Univ. Physics Education Research group | Facilitating Case-Reuse Strategies for Problem Solving in Algebra-Based Physics |
| Jan. 30 | Friday 4:40 p.m. | (group discussion / reports on PER groups in the U.S.) | What is Physics Education Research? |
| Feb. 6 | Friday 4:40 p.m. | (group discussion / reports on PER groups in the U.S.) | What is Physics Education Research? (part 2) |
| Feb. 13 | Friday 2:30 p.m. room 236A | Ken Heller, UMN Physics / PER | Predicting Introductory Physics Performance |
| Feb. 20 | Friday 4:40 p.m. | Jennifer Docktor, UMN PER | Applying a Simple Rubric to Assess Student Problem Solving |
| Feb. 27 | Friday 4:40 p.m. | David Parent, Physics teacher at Irondale High School | Modeling Instruction in High School Physics (Arizona State University program) |
| March 6 | Friday 4:40 p.m. | Group Discussion: Learning Physics in the U.S. and China |
Article in Science (Jan. 30, 2009) NPR Science Friday radio broadcast featuring Lei Bao from OSU (Jan. 30, 2009) |
| March 13 | Friday 2:30 p.m. room 236A | Brita Nellermoe, UMN | The Force Concept Inventory |
| March 20 | NO SEMINAR | (SPRING BREAK) | |
| March 27 | Friday 4:40 p.m. | Jon Anderson and Cindy Cattell, UMN |
Phys TEC at the University of Minnesota |
| April 3 | Friday 4:40 p.m. | Kawin Chaumklang & Brita Nellermoe | Teaching Physics in Thailand |
| April 10 | NO SEMINAR | ||
| April 17 | NO SEMINAR | (NARST CONFERENCE) | |
| April 24 | Friday 4:40 p.m. | Paul Knutson, UMN | Qualitative Problem Solving Skills in Introductory Labs |
| May 1 | Friday 4:40 p.m. | Brita Nellermoe, UMN | Accurately Measuring Faculty Perceptions of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Physics Departments |
| May 8 | Friday 4:40 p.m. | Leon Hsu, UMN Post-secondary Teaching & Learning | Using Computers as Problem-Solving Coaches for Students |
Spring 2008: Tuesdays at 11:15 a.m. Tate room 435
| Jan. 25 | Friday 3:30 p.m. | (group meeting) | seminar organizational meeting |
| Jan. 29 | Tues. 11:15 a.m. room 130 | Ken Heller, UMN Physics / PER | AP Physics Redesign: What are the Most Important Physics Ideas? |
| Feb. 5 | Tues. 11:15 a.m. | Paul Knutson, UMN PER | Measuring Students' Qualitative Analysis Skill Levels with Respect to Problem Solving in Introductory Physics Labs: Approaches and Obstacles |
| Feb. 13 | Wed. 9 a.m. room 157 | Michael Marder, University of Texas at Austin | UTeach and its implications for Minnesota: A discussion |
| Feb. 19 | Tues. 11:15 a.m. | Ken Heller & Yuichi Kubota, UMN Physics | Graduate Education in Physics: Which Way Forward? (report on APS/AAPT conference on the status of graduate education) |
| Feb. 26 | Tues. 11:15 a.m. | Jon Anderson & Nancy Bresnahan, Master teachers for PhysTEC | PhysTEC at the University of Minnesota: Start-up and Implementation |
| March 4 | Tues. 11:15 a.m. | Jennifer Docktor, UMN PER | Robust Assessment Instrument for Student Problem Solving |
| March 11 | Tues. 11:15 a.m. | Jennifer Docktor, UMN PER | Robust Assessment Instrument for Student Problem Solving (part 2) |
| March 18 | NO SEMINAR | (SPRING BREAK) | |
| March 25 | Tues. 11:15 a.m. | Leon Hsu, UMN Post-secondary teaching & learning | Investigating Students' Attitudes and Beliefs Using the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey |
| April 1 | Tues. 11:15 a.m. | Charles Campbell, UMN Physics | Using Learning Assistants During Lectures |
| April 8 | Tues. 11:15 a.m. | Vazgen Shekoyan, Rutgers Univ. | Using Ill-structured or Multiple-Possibility Physics Problems in Introductory Physics Courses |
| April 15 | Tues. 11:15 a.m. | Joel Donna, UMN Curriculum & Instruction Ph.D. student | TPACK and the RAT - Frameworks for Exploring Technology for the Teaching and Learning of Physics |
| April 22 | Tues. 11:15 a.m. | Ramon Lopez, University of Texas Arlington | Visual Representation in Space and Geoscience |
| April 29 | Tues. 11:15 a.m. | Tamara Moore, UMN Curriculum & Instruction | Getting Students Interested in STEM Through Realistic Nanotechnology Modeling Problems |
| May 6 | Tues. 11:15 a.m. | Brita Nellermoe, UMN PER | Faculty Development and Teacher Training in Post-secondary Physics Departments |
Spring 2007: NO Seminar
Spring 2006: Thursdays 3:45 p.m. Tate room 242
| Jan. 25 | Thurs. 3:45 p.m. | (group meeting) | seminar organizational meeting |
| Feb. 2 | Thurs. 3:45 p.m. | Ken Heller | Developing an introductory course for biology majors - a continuation of the discussion |
| Feb. 9 | Thurs. 3:45 p.m. | Paul Knutson & Jennifer Docktor | Introductory Physics Labs - Initial Steps in Measuring Students' Skills in Problem Solving |
| Feb. 16 | Thurs. 3:45 p.m. | Paul Knutson & Jennifer Docktor | Professional Development for Teaching Assistants |
| Feb. 23 | Thurs. 3:45 p.m. | Brita Nellermoe & Sean Albiston | LabVIEW in the Introductory Labs - New Developments & Future Directions |
| March 2 | Thurs. 3:45 p.m. | Laura McCullough, UW Stout | Interactive Pedagogy - Helping Women Talk. Does Interactive Engagement Help Women in the Physics Classroom? |
| March 9 | Thurs. 3:45 p.m. | Leon Hsu | Physics by Inquiry at Minnesota: Implementing a Lab-Based Physics Course |
| March 16 | NO SEMINAR | (SPRING BREAK) | |
| March 23 | Thurs. 3:45 p.m. | Rand Harrington, physics teacher at The Blake School | Teaching Special Relativity to Tibetan Monks |
| March 30 | Thurs. 3:45 p.m. | Pete Border | Home Labs for an Online Version of 1101 that Use Audio Instead of Video to Take Data |
| April 6 | Thurs. 3:45 p.m. | Paul Knutson & Jennifer Docktor | "Chamging minds, computers, learning, and literacy" by A. diSessa; discussion of chapters 1, 2, 4, 5 |
| April 13 | Thurs. 3:45 p.m. | Clark Erickson, MN Dept. of Education | Science Standards K-12 and Requirements for Science Teacher Certification in Minnesota |
| April 20 | NO SEMINAR | (SPECIAL PHYSICS LECTURE) | |
| April 27 | Thurs. 3:45 p.m. | Lee Schmitt, Hamline | Bringing High School Physics Teachers Up to Speed |
| May 4 | Thurs. 3:45 p.m. | Alice Churukian, Concordia College in Moorhead, MN | How do We Know What Students are Learning and How do We Determine the Effectiveness of Instruction? |
Spring 2005: Fridays at 3:45 p.m. room 157
| Feb. 4 | Friday 3:45 p.m. | (group meeting) | seminar organizational meeting |
| Feb. 11 | Friday 3:45 p.m. | Allen Goldman, UMN Chair of School of Physics & Astronomy | Report of the Physics Graduate Education Task Force |
| Feb. 18 | Friday 3:45 p.m. | Tom Thaden-Koch | Are Students Mathematically Prepared for Calculus-based Introductory Physics? Results from a Prototype Math Diagnostic Test |
| Feb. 25 | Friday 3:45 p.m. | (group discussion) | University's Proposed Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: Can We Measure Them? |
| March 4 | Friday 3:45 p.m. | Ken Heller | Changing the Introductory Physics Course for Biology Majors: Results from the Second Iteration |
| March 11 | Friday 3:45 p.m. | Cathy Mariotti Ezrailson, Texas A&M | Visual Physics at TAMU: A Snapshot of reform Methods and their Application to Recitation and Lab |
| March 18 | NO SEMINAR | (SPRING BREAK) | |
| March 25 | Friday 3:45 p.m. | Brian Andersson, demo coordinator | Relating Conceptual Gains in Introductory Physics to Classroom Demonstrations: Do we Have the Data? |
| April 1 | Friday 3:45 p.m. | (group discussion) | University's Strategic Positioning Report |
| April 8 | Friday 3:45 p.m. | Dick Schwarz | A Database for Storage, Retrieval, and Analysis of Test Data from Physics Courses |
| April 15 | Friday 3:45 p.m. | Rand Harrington, physics teacher at The Blake School | Implementation and Assessment of Web-based Homework Delivery Systems |
| April 22 | Friday 3:45 p.m. | Leon Hsu | Designing Computer Coaches to Help Students become Better Problem Solvers: A Progress Report |
| April 22 | Friday 3:45 p.m. | Cynthia Cattell & Charles Campbell | Physics for (Future) Elementary Teachers: Teaching PHYS3071 with the New PET Curriculum |
| May 6 | NO SEMINAR |
Spring 2004: Tuesdays 4:40-5:30 p.m. Tate room 236A
| Jan. 20 | Tues. 4:40 p.m. | Paul Knutson, Vince Kuo, Tom Thaden-Koch | Preview of Presentations to be made at AAPT winter meeting |
| Jan. 27 | NO SEMINAR | AAPT WINTER MEETING | |
| Feb. 3 | Tues. 4:40 p.m. | Ken Heller | A Progress Report on Revising a Physics Course for Biology Majors Part 1: Course Design and Justifications for Revising the Course |
| Feb. 10 | Tues. 4:40 p.m. | Ken Heller (part 2) | A Progress Report on Revising a Physics Course for Biology Majors (Part 2) |
| Feb. 17 | Tues. 4:40 p.m. | Michel Janssen | A New Undergraduate Physics Course: Einstein for Everyone |
| Feb. 24 | Tues. 4:40 p.m. | Michel Janssen (part 2) | A New Undergraduate Physics Course: Einstein for Everyone (Part 2) |
| March 2 | Tues. 4:40 p.m. | Vince Kuo | Physics Instructors' Views on how Students Should Solve Problems |
| March 9 | Tues. 4:40 p.m. | Tom Thaden-Koch | Using Coordination Classes to Understand Students' Judgments of Motion |
| March 16 | NO SEMINAR | (SPRING BREAK) | |
| March 23 | Tues. 4:40 p.m. | Pete Border | Physics for Game Designers |
| March 30 | Tues. 4:40 p.m. | (group discussion) | Discussion on Elaine Seymour's work on undergraduate education in STEM |
| April 6 | Tues. 4:40 p.m. | Charles Campbell & P.J. Ellis | Restructuring Upper Level Physics Courses |
| April 13 | NO SEMINAR | (PHYSICS NOBEL LECTURE) | |
| April 20 | Tues. 4:40 p.m. | Leon Hsu | Using Computers as Interactive Problem-Solving Coaches |
| April 27 | Tues. 4:40 p.m. | Tom Thaden-Koch (part 2) | Using Coordination Classes to Understand Students' Judgments of Motion (part 2) |
| May 4 | Tues. 4:40 p.m. | Paul Knutson | What do Students Learn in Introductory Physics Labs and what Pedagogies Best Aid in their Learning? |