Title
Chapter 11: Six Ideas That Shaped Physics: Rethinking Introductory Physics
Editors
Mark A. McDaniel, Regina F. Frey, Susan M. Fitzpatrick, & Henry L. Roediger III
Files
Link to PDF Full Text
Description
Six Ideas That Shaped Physics is a comprehensive set of text materials, instructor resources, and web-based tools whose goal is to enable professors to pursue an innovative, activity-based approach to teaching introductory calculus-based physics course (even in situations where large classrooms are the norm). This chapter will describe what makes the Six Ideas approach distinctive, with special emphasis on why (in any STEM discipline) choosing appropriate instructional metaphors and constructing an interlocking, self-consistent course design is essential: all course elements (the textbook, class activities, homework, and exams) must work coherently together to produce genuine learning. I will also describe how this course design was adapted for use at Washington University in St. Louis and report on student outcomes there and elsewhere.
Document Type
Chapter
ISBN
978-1-941823-00-2 (MOBI), 978-1-941823-01-9 (ePub), 978-1-941823-02-6 (PDF)
Publication Date
9-10-2014
Publisher
Washington University Libraries
City
Saint Louis
Disciplines
Cognitive Neuroscience | Cognitive Psychology | Educational Psychology | Engineering Education | Higher Education | Higher Education and Teaching | Physics | Science and Mathematics Education | Teacher Education and Professional Development
Recommended Citation
Moore, T.A. (2014). Six ideas that shaped physics: Rethinking introductory physics. In M. McDaniel, R. Frey, S. Fitzpatrick, & H.L. Roediger (Eds), Integrating cognitive science with innovative teaching in STEM disciplines [E-reader version] (pp. xxx-xxx). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.7936/K7JW8BSN
Comments
Chapter 11, Integrating Cognitive Science with Innovative Teaching in STEM Disciplines. Chapter DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7936/K7JW8BSN. Link to complete book available at: http://openscholarship.wustl.edu/books/9/ Complete book available for purchase through Amazon and Apple. For information about alternative versions, please contact digital@wumail.wustl.edu. Arranged for publication, sale, and distribution in electronic and print form by Washington University Libraries. All articles Copyright © 2014 by the individual authors.