Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa L. Larkin, American University

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Engineering Physics and Physics

Paper ID #25791Free-Writing with a TWIST: A Novel Strategy to Enhance Student Learningin PhysicsDr. Teresa L. Larkin, American University Teresa L. Larkin is an Associate Professor of Physics Education and Director and Faculty Liaison to the Combined Plan Dual-degree Engineering Program at American University. Dr. Larkin conducts ed- ucational research and has published widely on topics related to the assessment of student learning in introductory physics and engineering courses. Noteworthy is her work with student writing as a learning and assessment tool in her introductory physics courses for non-majors. One component of

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Yukio Yoritomo, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Nicole Turnipseed, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign; Maxx Joseph Villotti, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Aric Tate, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Kelly Searsmith, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Matthias Grosse Perdekamp, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign; Paul Prior, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Julie L. Zilles, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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Engineering Physics and Physics

, e.g., [2], [3]. This approach addresses two major issues: the lack ofpreparation most STEM faculty have for teaching communication skills and the knowledgetransfer difficulties associated with stand-alone rhetoric or communication classes taught outsideof the students’ major discipline. However, the co-teaching model is resource-intensive,challenging to integrate fully, and difficult to scale up, generally limiting application of thismodel to one, or at most two, classes in a curriculum. To pursue deeper integration of writingdevelopment throughout the engineering curriculum at a large university, we have leveragedwriting studies expertise in support of STEM faculty and graduate teaching assistants.The work described here was part of a pilot

Conference Session

Engineering Physics and Physics Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Guenter Bischof, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Markus Klatzer, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Clemens Müller, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Daniel Reifer, Joanneum University of Applied Sciences; Christian J. Steinmann

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Engineering Physics and Physics

# within the object-oriented software developmentenvironment Visual Studio 2017. The software is organized in several subroutines, whichcomprise the numerical solution of the torsional pendulum’s equation of motion, the readoutand illustration of the results and the visualization of the motion of Pohl’s wheel.For the numerical integration of Equation (16) different numerical methods with varyingorders of the truncation error have been implemented. By default the fourth-order Runge-Kutta (RK4) method is offered, but the user can choose by mouse click the explicit Eulermethod, Heun’s method, or a second-order Runge-Kutta (RK2) method. Thus, different ordersof accuracy can be tested and compared for the same time step size, an additional benefitwhen