Fall 2016

Fall 2016


Below is the meeting schedule for Fall 2016. All meetings are on Fridays from 3-4pm in RLM 5.114 unless otherwise noted.

Notes from some meetings are available by clicking on the meeting title.

 

Date

Title

Presenter

Date

Title

Presenter

Aug. 26

New TA Question and Answer Session

 

Sep. 2

Welcome Session Meeting

Matt Guthrie

Sep. 2

Welcome Session Happy Hour

  Crown & Anchor, 5 pm

 

Sep. 9

Pre-Physnic Meeting

 

Sep. 16

The Science of Designing a Test

Dr. Jill Marshall - Curriculum and Instruction

Sep. 23

Asking physics, chemistry, computer science,
and math majors about teaching high school.

Dr. Michael Marder - Physics

Sep. 30

Epistemology: This, That, and The Other

Prof. Erin Scanlon - TLU Physics

Oct. 14

The Ideal World of the Textbook vs.

the Imperfect World of the Lab

Dr. Todd Hutner - The Center for STEM Education

Oct. 21

Rethinking undergraduate education:

Curricula, courses, and calendars

Dr. James Pennebaker - Psychology

Nov. 4

Education Reform as Class Warfare

(here is a link to Orrin's outline of the talk)

Orrin Shindell

Nov. 18

Reflections on Education

 

Nov. 25

No Meeting - Thanksgiving Holiday

 

Dec. 2

End of Semester Happy Hour

Crown & Anchor, 5 pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

Topics and notes from previous semesters are available here