* Minimizing resistance to inquiry-oriented science instruction: the importance of climate setting, by Carl Wenning.
* Six years of Modeling Workshops: Three cautionary tales, by James Vesenka. .pdf. Both are in Journal of Physics Teacher Education Online, vol. 3, #2. Dec. 2005.
Classroom Renovations
- Bob Morse's renovated physics classroom/lab at St Albans School. 2023 update. Bob's
classroom design details.
- John Crookston's renovated modeling physics classroom (2013): layout , article , picture of whiteboard circle , picture of innovative ceiling .
- Matt Greenwolfe's modeling
classroom layout.
Matt wrote: "Class size is less than or equal to 20, so in the U-shaped boardroom arrangement (sitting around the blue tables in the center), all of the students sit in the front row, with the whiteboards propped up on the lab tables behind them (the brown tables). This way I can conduct circle whiteboarding in every class." - Steve Skinner's recommendations for renovating the physics classroom. and Larry Dukerich's modifications for Modeling Instruction
Grants: for Classroom Technology, Improved Instruction, or Modeling Workshops
- How to get financial help to take a Modeling Workshop (2018) view. or .pdf
- How to get Title II funds from your school district, for Modeling Workshops (2018). ESSA legislation requires teachers to be involved in the yearly application to your state department of education.
- Title II legislation: excerpts from ESSA, for use by teachers in school districts & charter schools. view or .pdf . (with definition of professional development, from Title VIII: General Provisions. view or .pdf .)
- How to get donations for lab equipment by Chantel Dooley (2015)
- Grant guide (old but useful)
- (weblink) Vernier, Inc. grant guide, list of funding sources & articles supporting classroom technology
- Components of a grant (a guide for proposal format)
- Classroom technology:
sample proposal (2019)
- Classroom technology:
sample proposal by Allison Lide
- CASTLE electricity: sample proposal
How to increase physics enrollment in high school (see also the home page, at the bottom; Arizona Community section).
- Increasing Physics
Enrollment at your School , a crucial article by Earl Barrett, focusing on regular/core physics (The Physics Teacher,
2009).
- A checklist on how a teacher can increase their physics enrollment , by Earl Barrett (3 pages & references on research findings, 2015). View.
- Quotes about physics & STEM -- common themes. View
- 10 Top Reasons why Physics is in Trouble in Arizona, by Earl Barrett. View
- Earl Barrett's talk: 3-fold Problem of Low Physics Enrollment -- includes AP test results: a drastic decrease in passing rate in 2015. View
- A school plan
& budget to increase regular (core) physics, by Earl
Barrett, Larry Dukerich, & Jane Jackson (2016). View
- How to use Dual Enrollment tuition revenue for a win-win for your school , by Earl Barrett and Larry Dukerich. View
Research summaries by/for modelers (see also the webpage weblinks for modelers)
- Chinn & Brewer: Anomalous
Data , compiled by Bud Nye. Several
ways that people resist changing their conceptions, mental models, worldviews.
- Daniel Schwartz &
John Bransford: A Time for Telling, compiled by Bud Nye.
Students must learn how to make distinctions; discern similarities
and differences, before they can learn from lectures.
- Daniel Willingham: Why Students don't like School , compiled by Bud Nye. A cognitive scientist answers questions about how the mind works and what it means for the classroom.
- Beth Lindsey, Paula Heron & Peter Shaffer: Student understanding of energy: Difficulties related to systems . Potential energy must be assigned to a system of multiple objects, never to a single object.
- Anita Wooley and M.I.T. group: Evidence for Collective Intelligence Factor in the Performance of Human Groups. A key factor in Modeling Instruction.
- Kathy Harper: Experts
vs Novices. How to help students become expert problem
solvers. Kathy is a Ph.D. in physics education research, and she organizes
and leads Modeling Workshops.
- David Hammer, Andy Elby, et al: Resources, Framing, and Transfer , compiled by Bud Nye. David Hestenes likes the ideas of Hammer and Elby on "resources" as opposed to "misconceptions". He would like to see them included in Modeling Workshops
- Anton "Tony" Lawson: Kinds of Concepts (hypothetical, theoretical, etc.) Excerpts from "Concept Construction in College Biology", JRST.
- Ling Liang et al: Research on 9th grade physics with Modeling Instruction. Students achieved more, and enrollment in advanced science electives increased.
- Paul Camp: U-shaped Development of Newtonian Concepts. A study of middle school project-based mechanics - "Learning by Design". Give concept post-test only after concepts have been generalized to various contexts.
- Marusic & Slisko: Scientific Reasoning Gains in 3 different pedagogies in high school physics. Lawson CTSR gains were much higher in the modeling-friendly pedagogy, than in cooperative learning or lecture, in this research.
- Kathy Malone et al: Effects of Modeling Workshop on Biology Teachers’ Scientific Reasoning Skills. (2018)
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