Colloquium Speaker Kathy Koenig today, Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 4:00 PM

[Tate, Arnay]

Please take note of Colloquium taking place today, Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 4:00 PM in The Robert Smith Seminar Room.  There will be a reception in the Atrium at 3:45 PM.  Details concerning the talk are as follows:



Speaker:               Kathy Koenig - University of Cincinnati

Date:                     Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Time:                    4:00 PM

Place:                    1080 Physics Research Building, The Robert Smith Seminar Room

Title:                     "Enhancing scientific reasoning abilities in the introductory physics lab course"*

Abstract:               Students enter college with wide variations in scientific reasoning abilities.  Research indicates that students with formal reasoning patterns are more proficient learners, but unfortunately the typical college course does not significantly impact these abilities.  Rather, it is through explicit and targeted instruction in scientific reasoning that students have been observed to make significant shifts.  In an effort to better target our students' development of scientific reasoning, we have revised the structure and topics of the activities in our introductory physics lab courses.  Students are more involved in the actual design of the experiments and more emphasis is placed on student use of evidence-based reasoning in lab report writing.  Online homework and quizzes between lab sessions provide further targeted support.  This presentation will describe the new lab curriculum as well as gains made in student development of scientific reasoning.

 *Partially supported by the National Institutes of Health 1RC1RR028402-01

The website for the Colloquium is https://physics.osu.edu/physics-colloquium-schedule

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