Teaching Introductory Physics, Conservation Laws First:
An NSF Faculty Enhancement Conference
June 15 - 26, 1998, Cambridge, MA

This is a list of the invited speakers. For biographical information, click on the speaker name. For an abstract and talk materials, click on the selected topic. To listen to the recorded presentation, open RealPlayer (or download it here) and open the link pointed to by the from within RealPlayer.

Speaker	School	Topic
Will Andrewes	Harvard University	Historical developments in experimental physics
Catherine Crouch	Harvard University	Recent developments in Peer Instruction
Charles Glover	Texas A & M University	Conservation Law-based Curriculum: An Engineering Perspective
David Goodstein	California Institute of Technology	The Big Crunch: The End of Expansion in Science
Patricia and Kenneth Heller	University of Minnesota	Cooperative problem-solving in physics
Paula Heron	University of Washington	Research as part of developing educational materials and on the tutorial method of teaching
Dudley Herschbach	Harvard University	Teaching Physics In Introductory Chemistry, A Cinderella Sibling
John Hirshfeld	University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine	Physics As Preparation for the Medical Profession
Deborah Hughes Hallett	Harvard University	Introductory physics in relation to mathematics
Eric Mazur	Harvard University	The conservation law-based curriculum
Lillian McDermott	University of Washington	Research as part of developing educational materials and on the tutorial method of teaching
Don Richards	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	Conservation Law-based Curriculum: An Engineering Perspective
Wolfgang Rueckner	Harvard University	The Demonstrative Physicist
Phil Sadler	Harvard University	How innovation often results in students doing more poorly at first before improving
Gay Stewart	University of Arkansas	Using Quantitatve Media Measurements to Manage, Improve, and Transport Introductory Science Education
Sheila Tobias	The Research Corporation	In-class Examinations in College-level Science: What do your tests tell your students about themselves and about your subject?

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