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American Journal of Physics
written by Edward F. Redish, Christopher Bauer, Karen Carleton, Todd J. Cooke, Melanie M. Cooper, Catherine H. Crouch, Benjamin W. Dreyfus, Benjamin D. Geller, John Paul Giannini, Julia Svoboda Gouvea, Mike Klymkowsky, Wolfgang Losert, Kevin W. Moore, Joelle C. Presson, Vashti Sawtelle, Katerina V. Thompson, Chandra Turpen, and R. K. P. Zia
In response to increasing calls for the reform of the undergraduate science curriculum for life science majors and pre-medical students (Bio2010, Scientific Foundations for Future Physicians, Vision & Change), an interdisciplinary team has created NEXUS/Physics: a repurposing of an introductory physics curriculum for the life sciences. The curriculum interacts strongly and supportively with introductory biology and chemistry courses taken by life-science students, with the goal of helping students build general, multi-discipline scientific competencies. NEXUS/Physics stresses interdisciplinary examples and the content differs markedly from traditional introductory physics to facilitate this: it extends the discussion of energy to include interatomic potentials and chemical reactions, the discussion of thermodynamics to include enthalpy and Gibbs free energy and includes a serious discussion of random vs coherent motion including diffusion. The development of instructional materials is coordinated with careful education research. Both the new content and the results of the research are described in a series of papers for which this paper serves as an overview and context.
American Journal of Physics: Volume 82, Issue 5, Pages 368-377
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© 2014 American Institute of Physics (AIP)
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10.1119/1.4870386
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IPLS research, Introductory Physics for Life Sciences, enthalpy, mathematical modeling
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E. Redish, C. Bauer, K. Carleton, T. Cooke, M. Cooper, C. Crouch, B. Dreyfus, B. Geller, J. Giannini, J. Gouvea, M. Klymkowsky, W. Losert, K. Moore, J. Presson, V. Sawtelle, K. Thompson, C. Turpen, and R. Zia, , Am. J. Phys. 82 (5), 368 (2014), WWW Document, (https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4870386).
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E. Redish, C. Bauer, K. Carleton, T. Cooke, M. Cooper, C. Crouch, B. Dreyfus, B. Geller, J. Giannini, J. Gouvea, M. Klymkowsky, W. Losert, K. Moore, J. Presson, V. Sawtelle, K. Thompson, C. Turpen, and R. Zia, NEXUS/Physics: An interdisciplinary repurposing of physics for biologists, Am. J. Phys. 82 (5), 368 (2014), <https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4870386>.
APA Format
Redish, E., Bauer, C., Carleton, K., Cooke, T., Cooper, M., Crouch, C., Dreyfus, B., Geller, B., Giannini, J., Gouvea, J., Klymkowsky, M., Losert, W., Moore, K., Presson, J., Sawtelle, V., Thompson, K., Turpen, C., & Zia, R. (2014, April 25). NEXUS/Physics: An interdisciplinary repurposing of physics for biologists. Am. J. Phys., 82(5), 368-377. Retrieved October 11, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4870386
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Redish, E, C. Bauer, K. Carleton, T. Cooke, M. Cooper, C. Crouch, B. Dreyfus, B. Geller, J. Giannini, J. Gouvea, M. Klymkowsky, W. Losert, K. Moore, J. Presson, V. Sawtelle, K. Thompson, C. Turpen, and R. Zia. "NEXUS/Physics: An interdisciplinary repurposing of physics for biologists." Am. J. Phys. 82, no. 5, (April 25, 2014): 368-377, https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4870386 (accessed 11 October 2024).
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Redish, Edward F., Christopher Bauer, Karen Carleton, Todd J. Cooke, Melanie Cooper, Catherine Crouch, Benjamin Dreyfus, Benjamin Geller, John Paul Giannini, Julia Svoboda Gouvea, Mike Klymkowsky, Wolfgang Losert, Kevin W. Moore, Joelle C. Presson, Vashti Sawtelle, Katerina V. Thompson, Chandra Turpen, and Royce Zia. "NEXUS/Physics: An interdisciplinary repurposing of physics for biologists." Am. J. Phys. 82.5 (2014): 368-377. 11 Oct. 2024 <https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4870386>.
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@article{ Author = "Edward F. Redish and Christopher Bauer and Karen Carleton and Todd J. Cooke and Melanie Cooper and Catherine Crouch and Benjamin Dreyfus and Benjamin Geller and John Paul Giannini and Julia Svoboda Gouvea and Mike Klymkowsky and Wolfgang Losert and Kevin W. Moore and Joelle C. Presson and Vashti Sawtelle and Katerina V. Thompson and Chandra Turpen and Royce Zia", Title = {NEXUS/Physics: An interdisciplinary repurposing of physics for biologists}, Journal = {Am. J. Phys.}, Volume = {82}, Number = {5}, Pages = {368-377}, Month = {April}, Year = {2014} }
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