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| Abstract Title: | Affordances of Small White Board Questions(SWBQ) for Increasing Interactivity in Upper-Division Physics |
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| Abstract: | The PER community has developed and studied many tools designed to increase interactive engagement in physics classrooms (e.g., Peer Instruction, tutorials, collaborative group problem solving, etc.). We present a narrative analysis of using Small White Board Questions (SWBQs) to achieve active engagement. The instructor used a sequence of SWBQs to help the students induce the full Hamiltonian for a hydrogen atom by starting from their knowledge of the Hamiltonian for a 1D particle-in-a-box. We highlight two affordances of this type of sequence: allowing students to build their understanding of a complex system starting from a simple question and providing for increased instructor responsiveness to students' ideas and questions. * Supported by NSF DUE 1023120 |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Novela Auparay Oregon State University Weniger 301, Department of Physics Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331 Phone: 541-737-1695 Fax: 541-737-1683 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Emily van Zee, Mary Bridget Kustusch, Corinne A. Manogue Department of Physics, Oregon State University |
