Physics

Debate over Active Learning in College Physics

Submitted by derekbruff on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 9:58am

There's an interesting debate about the proper role of active learning in the college physics classroom going on here in response to a blog post by Diana Senechal about classroom response systems ("clickers") and the MIT TEAL classroom.

And by "interesting" I mean largely one-sided.  I thought that CIRTL folks might want to weigh in on the debate with a comment or two to provide additional perspectives.

Clickers in Upper-Division Physics

Submitted by derekbruff on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 8:04am

A couple of weeks ago, Stephanie Chasteen of the University of Colorado-Boulder shared a series of blog posts on teaching with classroom response systems ("clickers") in upper-division physics courses: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 Read More »

At M.I.T., Large Lectures Are Going the Way of the Blackboard

Submitted by DrBruceHerbert on Wed, 01/14/2009 - 7:45pm

In an interesting NY Times article, Sara Rimer describes new introductory physics classes at MIT that are designed using TEAL, for Technology Enhanced Active Learning. 

The physics department replaced the traditional large introductory lecture with smaller classes that emphasize hands-on, interactive, collaborative learning. Read More »

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