Matthew Steele - AACR Postdoctoral Research Associate Candidate Center for Engineering Education Research Seminar Conceptual Exercises in Online Physics and Astronomy Courses . When: Monday, October 20 , 2014 - 11:00am to 12:00pm. Where: 1420 Engineering Building Abstract: Students' conceptual understanding in introductory physics and astronomy courses often lags behind their computational problem solving ability. Numerous research based solutions to this problem have been developed ranging from pedagogies and frameworks to content specific curricula. It is a struggle to adapt many of these approaches to online and blended classes where students engage the course material and each other in a manner dissimilar to how they would in the traditional classroom environment for which the methods were originally developed. In this talk I examine the challenges of the electronic course format for conceptual understanding in physics and astronomy and how existing research based pedagogies maybe adapted to meet them. Bio: Matthew Steele is a graduate of Michigan State University, earning his PhD in Astrophysics and Astronomy. Dr Steele's science research is focused on accreating black holes and the dense stellar environments in which they are found. While completing a masters degree in Physics at Bowling Green State University he served as a NSF GK-12 Fellow in a science education program bringing Inquiry practices to public school classrooms. Most recently Dr Steele taught at Northern Michigan University where he worked to extend student centered pedagogies beyond the traditional classroom walls. |
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