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DTSTART:20190411T193000Z
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URL:http://physics.bu.edu/internal/events/show/2128
SUMMARY:Supporting the integration of numerical computation in physics educ
	ation
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Danny Caballero\, Michigan State University\nHosted b
	y: Manher Jariwala\n\nPart of the PER Seminar Series.\n\nComputation has re
	volutionized how modern science is done. Modern scientists use computationa
	l techniques to reduce mountains of data\, to simulate impossible experimen
	ts\, and to develop intuition about the behavior of complex systems. Much o
	f the research completed by modern scientists would be impossible without t
	he use of computation. And yet\, while computation is a crucial tool of pra
	cticing scientists\, most modern science curricula do not reflect its impor
	tance and utility. In this talk\, I will discuss the urgent need to constru
	ct such curricula in physics and present research that investigates the cha
	llenges at a variety of all scales from the largest (institutional structur
	es) to the smallest (studentunderstanding of a concept). I will discuss how
	 the results of this research can be leveraged to facilitate the computatio
	nal revolution in science education. This research will help us understand 
	and develop institutional/departmental incentives\, effective teaching prac
	tices\, evidence-based course activities\, and valid assessment tools. This
	 work has been supported by Michigan State University’s CREATE for STEM I
	nstitute\, the National Science Foundation (DUE-1431776\, DUE-1504786\, DUE
	-1524128\, DRL-1741575\, DRL-1812916)\, the Norwegian Agency for Quality As
	surance in Education (NOKUT)\, the Norwegian Research Council\, and the Tho
	n Foundation.
LOCATION:SCI 352\, 590 Commonwealth Avenue\, 02215
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CLASS:PUBLIC
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