Course Identification

Physics module: Introduction and selected Issues in physics education 2
20196053

Lecturers and Teaching Assistants

Dr. Ester Bagno, Dr. Hana Berger, Prof. Edit Yerushalmi, Dr. Dorothy Langley, Dr. Zehorit Kapach
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Course Schedule and Location

2019
Full Year
Tuesday, 13:00 - 15:00, Musher, Lab 3
06/11/2018

Field of Study, Course Type and Credit Points

Science Teaching (non thesis MSc Track): Lecture; Obligatory; 5.00 points

Comments

ב- 5.2 השיעור יתקיים בחדר סמינרים 1 במדרשה

Prerequisites

No

Restrictions

20

Language of Instruction

Hebrew

Attendance and participation

Obligatory

Grade Type

Numerical (out of 100)

Grade Breakdown (in %)

10%
20%
30%
40%

Evaluation Type

Final assignment

Scheduled date 1

15/03/2019
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Estimated Weekly Independent Workload (in hours)

2

Syllabus

Participants will get acquainted with physics and science education research related to concept learning in electricity and magnetism. Implement in their classes, research based teaching strategies intended to improve students' knowledge and skills in this area and will study the influence of these strategies on their students' learning.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course- students should be able to:
  1. Demonstrate knowledge of the research literature about students' learning difficulties in electromagnetism.
  2. Examine their own students' learning difficulties in  electromagnetism.
  3. Compare their own students' learning outcomes with other students' outcomes
  4. Demonstrate new, research based, teaching strategies to deal with their students' difficulties, will implement them in their classes and examine their influence on their students'' learning.

Reading List

Students' understanding of the transfer of charge between conductors. Guruswamy et al.1997, Phys. Educ. 32 91
Students understanding of superposition of electric fields.
Rainson et al. 1994, AJP62(11)
Research as a guide for curriculum development: An example from introductory electricity. Part I: Investigation of student understanding. (1992) McDermott and Shaffer  AJP 60(11)
Potential difference and current in simple electric circuits: A study of students' concepts. Cohen et al. 1983 AJP 51 (5)
Probing university students' understanding of electromotive force in electricity. 2014. Garzon et al. AJP 82 (1)
Macroscopic phenomena and microscopic processes: Student understanding of transient in direct current electric circuits. 1999. Thacker et al. AJP 67 (7)
Surveying students' conceptual knowledge of electricity and magnetism. 2001. Maloney et al. AJP 69(7)
Students' understanding of the direction of the magnetic force on a charged particle. 2010. Scaife & Heckler. AJP 78 (8)
What do "voltmeters" measure?: Faraday's law in a multiply connected region. 1982. Romer. AJP 50 (12)
From problem solving to knowledge structure: An example from the domain of electromagnetism. 1997. Bagno et Eylon. AJP 65 (8)
Restructuring the introductory electricity and magnetism course. 2006. Chabay & Sherwood. AJP 74 (4)
 

Website

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