The Mathematics Association of American is sponsoring a workshop this
summer on the teaching of an integrated calculus/physics course.The
workshop presenters are myself and Prof. Kelly Black (from the mathematics
department) who have developed this integrated course at University of New
Hampshire over the last 3 years. This development was funded by a grant
from NSF.
Please see the MAA web page <http://www.maa.org/pfdev/prep/black.html> for
more details about the workshop and an application. The workshop is July
10-13 (Tuesday-Friday).
Two very important details:
1) the MAA picks up the cost of everything EXCEPT transportation. The
workshop location is Durham, NH.
2) due to my lack of familiarity with PHYS-L, this posting is very late.
The official deadline to register is this Wednesday, May 9th. If you are
interested, but not able to commit by that date, please send email directly
to me at dawn.meredith@unh.edu.
Topics to be discussed include:
1) how the calculus topics are reordered to compliment the physics curricula
2) examination of several integrated activities (e.g.,. RC circuits,
electric field due to a bar of charge)
3) how to promote problem solving abilities in students
4) examination of several calculus/physics projects (e.g. When is a spoked
wheel better than an aerodynamic wheel?)
5) assessment of the course
6) active learning strategies
7) group learning
Again, I apologize for the extreme lateness of this posting,
Dawn Meredith
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Associate Professor Fax: (603)-862-2998
Physics Department dawn.meredith@unh.edu
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