Designing better student learning in physics

Maria Parappilly; John Daicopoulos; David Blair; Derek Leinweber; Jasmina Lazendic-Gallowaya; Alex Foppoli

Designing better student learning in physics

Maria Parappilly, John Daicopoulos, David Blair, Derek Leinweber, Jasmina Lazendic-Gallowaya, Alex Foppoli

College of Science and Engineering

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Abstract

This year our discipline day will focus on discussions covering: laboratory teaching in physics, the Einstein-First project, and delivering a third-year course in Computational Physics.

Our first session begins with an overview of an informal approach to project-based learning in a first-year physics lab. Over three years James Cook University Physics has taken an informal approach to merge Project-Based Learning (PBL) with a skills-based laboratory subject. The students in this class are set a task of choosing an experiment out-of-the-box then using PBL to achieve its expected function. They need to learn the operation of every piece, collector design missing pieces, calibrate as necessary, and complete the experiment. A logbook and short presentation completes the activity.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of The Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education
Pages	111
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - Sept 2018
Event	The Australian Conference for Science and Mathematics Education (ACSME) 2018 - Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia Duration: 26 Sept 2018 → 28 Sept 2018

Conference

Conference	The Australian Conference for Science and Mathematics Education (ACSME) 2018
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Adelaide
Period	26/09/18 → 28/09/18

Keywords

project based learning
design labs
first year physics
third year physics
physics education
computational physics
teaching practices
LEGO

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Parappilly, M, Daicopoulos, J, Blair, D, Leinweber, D, Lazendic-Gallowaya, J & Foppoli, A 2018, Designing better student learning in physics. in Proceedings of The Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education. pp. 111, The Australian Conference for Science and Mathematics Education (ACSME) 2018, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 26/09/18. <https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/IISME/article/view/13460/12125>

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Designing better student learning in physics

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