[INAAPT] From David Sokoloff

[Steve Spicklemire]

Hi Folks,

This came in from David Sokoloff and we thought you might be interested.

-steve

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Subject: 	June Chautauqua Course on Active Learning
Date: 	Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:53:16 -0700
From: 	David Sokoloff <sokoloff at uoregon.edu>
To: 	David Sokoloff <sokoloff at uoregon.edu>



We are hoping to get a few more participants in our June Chautauqua  
course to assure that it will be offered. If know anyone who might be  
interested in enrolling, it would be helpful if they did so in the  
next week or so. Please see below for more information. Thanks!

*Chautauqua Short Courses: Using Research-Based Curricula and Tools  
to Promote Active Learning in Introductory Courses*

Instructors:         *Priscilla Laws, Dickinson College*
*         David Sokoloff, University of Oregon*
*          Ronald Thornton, Tufts University *

June 7-9, 2008 at University of Oregon, Eugene, OR


This NSF-sponsored, hands-on course is designed for those interested  
in making learning in their introductory course more active either  
within the traditional course structure of lectures, labs, and  
recitation hours, or by re-structuring their course (e.g., into a  
workshop or studio course). Participants will be introduced to  
physics education research-based strategies for each component of the  
introductory course: /Interactive Lecture Demonstration (ILDs)/, /Web- 
Based ILDs/, /RealTime Physics /labs, /Activity Based Tutorials/, / 
Collaborative Problem-Solving Tutorials/ and/ Workshop Physics,/ as  
well as modeling and video analysis. The tools and software are  
available for Macintosh and Windows computers. Results of studies on  
the effectiveness of these curricula will also be presented. Those  
interested in making major changes in their introductory physics  
programs are especially encouraged to attend. Participants will  
receive current versions of the curricula, along with /Teaching  
Physics with the Physics Suite/, a comprehensive book by E.F. Redish  
(University of Maryland) on strategies for implementing physics  
education research-based curricula. Topics will be chosen from both  
semesters of the introductory physics course.

Open to teachers of undergraduate students in institutions of higher  
education in the U.S.  High school teachers and faculty from outside  
the U.S. are also admitted if space is available. There is a small  
course application fee ($100), but no tuition. Participants are  
responsible for their transportation, lodging and meals.  Reasonably- 
priced accommodations will be arranged.
For more information and to register: *http://uoregon.edu/~sokoloff/ 
chaut1.htm* <http://uoregon.edu/%7Esokoloff/chaut1.htm>, or contact  
David Sokoloff, Department of Physics, 1274 University of Oregon,  
Eugene, OR 97403-1274, E-mail: _sokoloff at uoregon.edu_  
<mailto:sokoloff at uoregon.edu>, Phone: (541) 346-4755, Fax:  (541)  
346-5861.


David Sokoloff
Professor of Physics

sokoloff at uoregon.edu <mailto:sokoloff at uoregon.edu>
Department of Physics
1274 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1274

PHONE: (541) 346-4755
FAX: (541) 346-5861