schedule

8:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.

10:15 a.m.
10:30 a.m.

11:45 a.m.
12:45 p.m.
2:00 p.m.

3:15 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
4:15 p.m.
5:00 p.m.
7:00-8:00 p.m.

Breakfast in Harkness Commons
Introduction to conference. Overview of conservation law-based curriculum
(Eric Mazur and Catherine Crouch). Pierce 209
Coffee Break in Brooks Room
Conservation law-based curriculum: an engineering perspective
(Charles Glover, Texas A & M and Don Richards, Rose-Hulman).
Discussion: making laboratories more research-like.
Lunch in Harkness Commons
"The Big Crunch": The End of Expansion in Science
(David Goodstein, California Institute of Technology).
Invited participant oral presentations (Lawrence Rees and Bill Bassichis)
Coffee break in Brooks Room.
Invited participant oral presentations (Peter Dourmashkin and Janet Seger)
Participant poster session and reception in Science Center Atrium
Dinner in Harkness Commons

8:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
11:15 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m.

2:45 p.m.
5:15 p.m.

6:30-7:30 p.m.

Breakfast in Harkness Commons
"Recent Developments in Peer Instruction" (Catherine Crouch).
Invited participant oral presentations. (Daniel Kim-Shapiro and Peter Saeta)
Coffee break in Brooks Room
Discussion: Group learning in large classes.
Lunch in Harkness Commons
"Physics as Preparation for the Medical Profession"
(John Hirshfeld, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine).
Project work
"In Class Examinations in College Level Science: What Do Your Tests Tell Your Students
About Themselves and About Your Subject?" (Sheila Tobias).
Dinner in Harkness Commons

7:00-7:30 a.m.
7:30 a.m.
10:00 p.m.

Breakfast in Harkness Commons (If desired, packaged to be eaten on bus.)
Bus leaves for full-day excursion to Martha's Vineyard
Return from Martha's Vineyard

8:00 a.m.
8:45 a.m.
11:15 a.m.

12:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m.

2:45 p.m.
5:00 p.m.

6:15 p.m.
7:00-8:00 p.m.

Breakfast in Harkness Commons
Project work
Education reform: lessons from the calculus reform movement
(Deborah Hughes Hallett, Harvard University).
Lunch in Harkness Commons
"Teaching Physics in Introductory Chemistry, a Cinderella Sibling"
(Dudley Herschbach, Harvard).
Project work
Measurement technology and the history of physics (Will Andrewes, Harvard).
In Science Center E
Reception in the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments.
Dinner in Harkness Commons

8:00 a.m.
8:45 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.

4:30 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
7:00-9:00 p.m.

Breakfast in Harkness Commons
Project work
Project work
Lunch in Harkness Commons
Project work
Lecture demonstrations for the conservation law-based curriculum
(Wolfgang Rueckner, Harvard). In Science Center B.
Project work
Project work
Dinner out (In the North End, an area of Boston famous for Italian food).

8:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
1:45 p.m.

3:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
6:30-8:00 p.m.

Breakfast in Harkness Commons
Project work
Project work
Lunch in Harkness Commons
Using Quantitatve Media Measurements to Manage, Improve, and Transport Introductory
Science Education (Gay Stewart, University of Arkansas).
Project work
Project work
Dinner in Harkness Commons

8:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
8:30 p.m.

Breakfast in Harkness Commons (pick up box lunch for afternoon)
Excursion to Boston Museum of Science. (Optional)
Excursion to Plymouth Plantation followed by dinner in Plymouth.
Return from Plymouth

8:00 a.m
9:00 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
1:45 p.m.

3:00 p.m.
5:45 p.m.
6:45-8:00 p.m.

Breakfast in Harkness Commons
Project work
Project work
Lunch in Harkness Commons
The "learning curve" for innovation: why students may do worse before improving
(Phil Sadler, Harvard).
Project work
Project work
Dinner in Harkness Commons

8:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
11:30 a.m.
12:30 p.m
2:00 p.m.

6:30-8:00 p.m.

Breakfast in Harkness Commons
Project work
Project work
Lunch in Harkness Commons
Cooperative group problem solving: strategies for success (Ken and Patricia Heller,
University of Minnesota). Workshop on cooperative group problem solving.
Science Center 311-314.
Dinner in Harkness Commons

8:00 a.m.
8:45 a.m.
11:00 a.m.

12:15 p.m.
6:00-8:30 p.m.

Breakfast in Harkness Commons (pick up box lunch for afternoon).
Project work
Discussion: how do we make group problem-solving and other group learning in sections
work well?
Excursion to historic Lexington and Concord.
Banquet at the Colonial Inn, Concord.

8:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.

10:15 a.m.
10:30 a.m.

12:45 p.m.
1:45 p.m.
(?)
4:00 p.m.
6:30-8:00 p.m.

Breakfast in Harkness Commons
Research as part of developing educational materials and on the tutorial method of teaching
(Lillian McDermott and Paula Heron, University of Washington).
Project work (groups 1-5)
Workshop 1: Using Tutorials in Introductory Physics in a Conservation Law based Course
Science Center 309A
Lunch in Harkness Commons
Project work (groups 6-10)
Workshop 2: Using Tutorials in Introductory Physics (groups 1-5) Science Center 309A.
Project work
Dinner in Harkness Commons

8:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
12:30 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
4:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Breakfast in Harkness Commons
Project work
Wrap up of project work and conference evaluation.
Lunch in Harkness Commons
Overview and final discussion: Where do we go from here?
Barbecue and celebration at Jarvis Field

7:00 - 10:00 a.m.

Check-out from conference housing. (People wishing to depart Friday evening after the barbecue or before 7 a.m. Saturday morning can make arrangements with Katy Gladysheva.)

Teaching Physics Conservation Laws First: Conference Schedule

Teaching Physics Conservation Laws First:
Conference Schedule