Workshop: Using Visualization in Teaching Introductory
E&M
AAPT
National Summer Meeting, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Organizers: John
Belcher, Peter Dourmashkin, Carolann Koleci, Sahana Murthy
SCHEDULE
1.00 - 1.10 : Introduction
1.10 - 1.30 : Individual intros, break into groups of 6,
choose partners for next activity.
1.30 - 2.15 : Activity using Faraday’s law simulation. Work
in pairs.
2.15 - 2.40 : Discussion based on Faraday’s law activity.
Includes concept questions, other assessment
questions, participants’ views
on effectiveness, format, adaptation.
2.40 - 2.50 : Break
2.50 - 3.45 : Design an activity based on a simulation.
Work in groups of 3.
3.45 - 4.30 : Present your activity to rest of workshop. 5
minutes per group.
4.30 - 4.50 : Final synthesis and discussion.
4.50 - 5.00 : Wrap-up and feedback.
