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Physics Colloquium Monday 26 February 2007 4:00 pm Weniger 153 Refreshments 3:30 Weniger 305 Towards improving physics education: examples of student mathematical and conceptual difficulties in quantum mechanics Dr. Homeyra Sadaghiani Department of Physics University of Washington Over the past twenty-five years, Physics Education Research (PER) has changed our view of student learning in the traditional introductory courses.

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CANCELLED.In this
talk I examine the impact of bringing instructional methods and models
developed in the U.S. to an Introductory Physics course at a Brazilian
university. Using participant observation, interviews, and
questionnaires, we investigated the influence of cultural context on
the effectiveness of teaching. I describe student responses to
instructional approaches that were designed to change their

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Many colleges and universities promote writing across the curriculum, both for developing writing skills and for gaining content knowledge. Writing is one of many higher-order goals that can be a focus of the introductory curriculum. But do we know if it is effective, or how to use it to promote learning? Historically writing in the disciplines is assumed beneficial, but most published papers fail to show a link between writing and improved conceptual understanding within a discipline.

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In this talk, I will discuss the two main areas of my research in physics education, helping students become better problem solvers and investigating students' attitudes towards physics and the learning of physics. Problem Solving: One of the goals of many physics courses is to help students learn to use physics principles to solve novel problems. However, as anyone who has taught a physics course knows, this is a difficult task.

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