Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Introductory Physics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Gary Turner, Morningside College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

Physics, with 1 hour per week extra forstudents needing Calculus-based Physics. Spring semesters tend to attract fewer studentsbecause many majors require only one semester of Physics.Further WorkWe are continuing to develop a detailed syllabus, but do not have any immediate plans forformal assessment of the methods described in this paper, primarily for lack of a comparativeaudience. With a detailed curriculum in place, we will approach some larger universities, withmultiple sections of calculus-based physics, to invite collaboration with the assessment.Bibliography1. Milne, Esther (1971) “Spiral Approach” School Science and Mathematics 71, 1, p12-162. Harden, R.M.; Stamper, N. (1999) “What is a Spiral Curriculum?” Medical Teacher v21 n2 p141

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Upper-Level Physics

Collection

2006 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Greg Mowry, University of St. Thomas-St. Paul

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

skills.Acknowledgements Page 11.72.10I would like acknowledge and thank Dr. Jayanti Venkataraman with the Rochester Institute ofTechnology and Dr. J. Michael Heneghan with St. Cloud State University for opening up theirE&M laboratories to me and permitting me the opportunity to work through and experience theirlabs. I would also like to acknowledge Dr. James Leger for several useful discussions and forpointing out several beneficial outcomes of the modular approach for student that plan tocontinue their E&M work in graduate school. Finally, I would like to acknowledge Dr. MartinJohnson, the Physics Department Chair, and Dr. Jeff Jalkio, the Chair of the