Spring 2008 Meeting of the Illinois Section of the AAPT
"Physics Education and Student Cognition"
April 4-5, 2008
Department of Physics
University of Illinois
Urbana, Illinois 61801-3080
The 2007-2008 Outstanding High School Physics Teacher Award will be awarded to John Baier, Glenbard South High School, Glen Ellyn.
Invited Speakers
"Cognitive Science: Problem Solving and Learning for Physics Education", Friday at 3:05
Brian Ross, Department of Psychology, UIUC
"Mental Models in Understanding Physics: Misconceptions and Learning", Friday at 3:30
David Brookes, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Physics UIUC
"The Ultra-Cold Frontier", Friday at 8:15
Brian DeMarco, Department of Physics, UIUC
"What Instructors Should Know About How Students Interpret Symbols in Physics", Saturday at 9:30
Eugene Torigoe, Doctoral Student in Physics, Department of Physics, UIUC
"Do Problem-Solvers Notice Changes Made to a Physics Problem while They are Reading and Explaining It?", Saturday at 10:00
Adam Feil, Doctoral Student in Educational Psychology, Department of Physics, UIUC
Workshops
W1. "Increasing Student Engagement Using Personal Response Systems (Clickers) in Lecture", Mats Selen, Department of Physics, University of Illinois.
W2. "Inquiry-Based Teaching in High School Physics", Members of the 2008 graduating class of PTE majors at Illinois State University including Erik Brieger, Christopher Bush, Drew Sulski, Shane Hanson, Scott Kupiec, Mathew Herzau, John Metzler, Michael Turner and Ted Heyduck.
W3. Cracker Barrel: "Physics Teacher Candidate Preparation", Ad Hoc Committee for the Recruitment, Preparation, and Retention of High School Physics Teachers. Led by Carl Wenning, David Sykes, and Tom Foster.
Hosts - Cindy Hubert, Staff Clerk, Undergraduate Physics,
chubert@uiuc.edu
Jose Mestre, Prof. of Physics and Educational Psychology, Department of Physics, Loomis Lab, mestre@uiuc.edu