Below is the meeting schedule for Fall 2015. All meetings are on Fridays from 3-4pm in RLM 5.122 unless otherwise noted.
Notes from some meetings are available by clicking on the meeting title.
Date | Title | Presenter |
|---|---|---|
| Sep. 11 | New TA Question and Answer Session
| Physics Education Forum |
| Sep. 11 | Welcome Session Happy Hour Crown & Anchor, 5 pm
| |
Sep. 18 | Why do students need to learn physics? Discussion | Dr. Jill Marshall - Curriculum and Instruction |
Sep. 25 | Causality and Predictability | Dr. Michael Marder - Physics |
| Oct. 2 | Communicating Science to Non-scientists | Dr. Art Markman - Psychology |
Oct. 9 | Why do we even teach labs? | Matt Guthrie |
| Oct. 16 | Physics students require professional development! | Dr. Toni Sauncy - Physics (Texas Lutheran University) |
| Oct. 23
| Midterm Crown Meetup Crown & Anchor, 5 pm | |
Oct. 30 (3:15 pm) | If we learn like that, why do we teach like this? | Dr. Robert Duke - School of Music |
| Nov. 6 | The Little Shop of Physics | Dr. Paul Williams - Mathematics and Physical Science (Austin Community College) |
| Nov. 13 | How Do Engineering Students from Different Classrooms Respond to Active Learning? | Kevin Nguyen |
| Nov. 20 | Schmidt Room of The Etter-Harbin Alumni Center | Brian Butterworth, University College London |
| Nov. 20 | Brainstorming ideas for next semester | |
| Dec. 4 | End of Semester Happy Hour Crown & Anchor, 5 pm
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Topics and notes from previous semesters are available here
