Dan MacIsaac, Associate Professor of Physics, SUNY-Buffalo State College
222SciBldg BSC, 1300 Elmwood Ave, Buffalo NY 14222 USA 716-878-3802
<macisadl@buffalostate.edu> <http://PhysicsEd.BuffaloState.edu>
Physics Graduate Coordinator and Dept Chair pro tem
Begin forwarded message:
From: Dewey Dykstra <ddykstra@boisestate.edu>
Date: January 13, 2010 12:43:20 PM EST (CA)
To: macisadl@buffalostate.edu
Subject: Workshop announcement
Dan:
Would it be possible for you to place the following announcement on
PHYS-L? If not, can you give me suggestions as to how to get the
announcement onto PHYS-L? Thanks.
Dewey
If you live in the DC area or are planning to attend the AAPT meeting
in February, consider signing up for the workshop: W01 Physics
Teaching and the Development of Reasoning. This is a revival of the
original "Piaget" workshop with updates and more. Each participant
will receive a copy of the book, College Teaching and the Development
of Reasoning and a boxed lunch as part of the workshop fee. Even
though the book title mentions college teaching, because the material
is essentially about teaching introductory students, the material is
very appropriate for jr high and high school teaching. Participants
will learn about a developmental description of the development of
reasoning in students and its implications for more effective physics
teaching. This approach to understanding the development of
reasoning can be applied to other sciences and other academic
subjects as the participants will discover in the workshop and
associated materials they will receive. This workshop was one of the
original influences in the development we now call PER.
It will be held on the Univ of DC campus in building 44, room 204 on
Saturday, Feb 13. The hours will be 7:30 am to 3:30 pm. I know this
is kind of early, but apparently because of the joint meeting, the
other organization has a plenary late afternoon on the 13th and does
not want any competition for people's attention. But the workshop
will be worth your while.
The AAPT website will give deadlines (they are coming up) and
registration webpages.