Physics (Internal)
The Scientific Approach to Teaching: Research as a Basis for Course Design
Speaker: Eric Mazur, Harvard University
When: January 22, 2013 (Tue), 03:30PM to 04:30PM (add to my calendar)
Location: SCI 109
Hosted by: David Campbell, Bennett Goldberg
View the poster for this event.This event is part of the Physics Department Colloquia Series.
Abstract: Discussions of teaching -- even some publications -- abound with anecdotal evidence. Our intuition often supplants a systematic, scientific approach to finding out what works and what doesn't work. Yet, research is increasingly demonstrating that our gut feelings about teaching are often wrong. In this talk I will discuss some research my group has done on gender issues in science courses and on the effectiveness of classroom demonstrations.