Recent content by jday

You are right, I believe, in that it isn't about learning a particular aspect of a principle of physics: we want to teach our students to 'think like a physicist" (even if they aren't thinking about physics). The primary goal of first-year labs, in my humble opinion, is that students develop...

I am currently involved in an initiative at my institution in which we are actively striving to achieve the most effective, evidence-based science education possible. So, I thought I'd add an unstructured thought or two (or more) to the discussion here. First of all, I'm always excited to...