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Integrating physics and literacy learning in a course for prospective elementary and middle school teachers
Start: 2009-10-19 16:00
End: 2009-10-19 16:55

Should physics departments offer special physics courses for teachers? If so, why? how? Should physics faculty integrate physics and literacy learning in such courses? If so, why? how? Should physics faculty integrate physics and literacy learning in ALL courses? If so, why? how? These issues will be discussed in the context of Physics 111, a course designed for prospective elementary and middle school teachers. Students explore physics and learning in ways that prepare them to engage children in learning science. The emphasis is on questioning, predicting, exploring, and discussing.

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On Markov Chain Monte Carlo and mixing rates
Start: 2009-10-21 16:00
End: 2009-10-21 17:00

Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) is a method to simulate a
desired probability distribution via constructing a Markov chain whose
stationary distribution is the one we are looking for. Mixing time
describes the rate of convergence of a Markov chain to its stationary
distribution. We will give examples of Gibbs sampling algorithms (also
known as Glauber dynamics). We will explain how strong stationary time
and coupling are used to obtain bounds on mixing time. We will also
discuss new approaches to coupling method and their applications.

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