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Clicker questions Physics 131 (2012)

Page history last edited by Joe Redish 12 years, 2 months ago

The NEXUS Physics class, in addition to being interdisciplinary in flavor, connecting with students' work in biology, chemistry, and math, follows a pedagogical philosophy that stresses Active Engagement.* In a lecture environment, a useful way to get students engaged is with student remote response devices, or Clickers.**  Links to the clicker questions we used in our Physics for Biologists I class (Fall 2011) are given in the table below.

 

Scaling, dimensions, and estimation
9/2 (units, scaling, estimation)
Kinematics

9/9 (position and velocity)

9/12 (position and velocity)

9/14 (velocity and acceleration)

9/16 (motion graphs, consistency)

Dynamics

9/21 (force and Newton's laws)

9/23 (forces and Newton's laws)

9/26 (forces and free body diagrams)

9/28 (springs)

10/3 (gravity and projectile motion)

10/12 (electric charge and forces)

10/17 (Coulomb's law)

Momentum

10/19 (momentum)

Macro description of matter

10/21 (Young's modulus)

10/26 (pressure)

10/28 (buoyant force)

10/31 (buoyant force, fluid flow)

Energy

11/2 (work, energy, and energy conservation)

11/4 (work, energy, and energy conservation) 

11/7 (momentum energy comparison),

11/18 (atomic binding)

11/21 (heat and temperature)

12/5 (force-energy connection 1D and 2D)

12/7 (force-energy connection 3D)

Diffusion, Thermodynamics,
and Kinetic Theory

11/28 (kinetic theory)

11/30 (kinetic theory, first law of thermo)

12/7 (second law of thermo)

 

* For a detailed discussion of the motivation underlying this pedagogical philosophy and detailed descriptions of a variety of physics curricula that implement this approach in different environments, see Teaching Physics with the Physics Suite, by E. F. Redish (Wiley, 2003). 

 

** An excellent resource for understanding the ways to use clickers is provided by the Clicker Resources Page from the Science Education Initiative at the University of British Columbia.

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