TY - CONF
AU - Alexandra Werth
AU - Heather Lewandowski
AB - There are many recent calls to transform lab courses to better engage students in authentic scientific practices and develop their views on the nature of science. To address these calls and support local desire for an improved lab curriculum, we have begun to work with Fort Lewis College faculty, staff, and students to transform their introductory mechanics lab to improve student learning of experimental physics. Here, we describe our preliminary work in which we sought community engagement and input on goals and content for the labs. We did this through in-depth interviews with faculty, classroom observations, student reflections, and through the formation of a Student Advisory Council. From these sources, we developed a set of guidelines and consensus learning goals, which will inform the creation of the transformed lab course.
BT - 2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings
DA - 2020-08
DO - 10.1119/perc.2020.pr.werth
N2 - There are many recent calls to transform lab courses to better engage students in authentic scientific practices and develop their views on the nature of science. To address these calls and support local desire for an improved lab curriculum, we have begun to work with Fort Lewis College faculty, staff, and students to transform their introductory mechanics lab to improve student learning of experimental physics. Here, we describe our preliminary work in which we sought community engagement and input on goals and content for the labs. We did this through in-depth interviews with faculty, classroom observations, student reflections, and through the formation of a Student Advisory Council. From these sources, we developed a set of guidelines and consensus learning goals, which will inform the creation of the transformed lab course.
PB - American Association of Physics Teachers
PY - 2020
EP - 569
T2 - 2020 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings
TI - Process of transforming of an introductory mechanics lab course at Fort Lewis College
UR - https://www.compadre.org/per/items/detail.cfm?ID=15544
ER -