Physics Colloquia Series with Eric Mazur
- Starts:
- 3:30 pm on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
- Ends:
- 4:30 pm on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
- Location:
- SCI 109
- URL:
- http://physics.bu.edu/posters/2013_Spring/01_Mazur.pdf
The Scientific Approach to Teaching: Research as a Basis for Course Design
Speaker: Eric Mazur, Harvard University
Hosted by: Bennett Goldberg,
This event is part of the Physics Department Colloquia Series.
Refreshments will be served at 3 p.m. in the 1st Floor Lounge.
Abstract: Discussions of teaching - even some publications - abound with anecdotal evidence. Our intuition often supplants a systematic, scientific approach to finding out what works and what doesn't work. Yet, research is increasingly demonstrating that our gut feelings about teaching are often wrong. In this talk, I will discuss some research my group has done on gender issues in science courses and on the effectiveness of classroom demonstrations.
Speaker: Eric Mazur, Harvard University
Hosted by: Bennett Goldberg,
This event is part of the Physics Department Colloquia Series.
Refreshments will be served at 3 p.m. in the 1st Floor Lounge.
Abstract: Discussions of teaching - even some publications - abound with anecdotal evidence. Our intuition often supplants a systematic, scientific approach to finding out what works and what doesn't work. Yet, research is increasingly demonstrating that our gut feelings about teaching are often wrong. In this talk, I will discuss some research my group has done on gender issues in science courses and on the effectiveness of classroom demonstrations.
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