Fall 2015
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 |
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Sep. 11 | New TA Question and Answer Session
| Physics Education Forum |
Sep. 11 | Welcome Session Happy Hour Crown & Anchor, 5 pm
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Sep. 18 | Why do students need to learn physics? Discussion | |
Sep. 25 | Causality and Predictability | |
Oct. 2 | Communicating Science to Non-scientists | |
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 |
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Oct. 30 (3:15 pm) | If we learn like that, why do we teach like this? | |
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 |
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Dec. 4 | End of Semester Happy Hour Crown & Anchor, 5 pm
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Topics and notes from previous semesters are available here