My Optics Education Project (MOEP) -Reply

[SHEPHERDG@gtcc.cc.nc.us]

Hi Nate!
       Re your note of 5/30, you may find some very helpful info in chapter
9 of Arnold Arons' "A GUIDE TO INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS TEACHING". 
ISBN 0-471-51341-5 by Wiley.It contains misconceptions that beginning
physics students have and the book is very interesting reading. I met him
at a Chatauqua conference in Atlanta several years ago just before the
city was covered with snow and a fierce winter storm. 
Gordon Shepherd
Guilford Tech Comm Coll
Jamestown, NC 27282

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Hello All,
        My name is Nate Findley, I am a research fellow at Vassar College
and I am working under Cindy Schwarz.  One of our projects this
summer is to create a diagnostic exam that professors can use to test
student's qualitative knowledge of optics.  We are trying to figure out
what concepts students have trouble with in optics so, similarly to the
FCI, the test will show the difference before and after a intro physics
course.  If anyone can help us with our problem that would be great! 
Also, any comments and questions are welcome.

Thanks,
        Nate