![]() ![]() In this project, the role of students’ epistemologies in learning was studied in an introductory physics course primarily for health and life sciences majors. These three curricula will be modified to apply results from the NSF-funded Learning How to Learn Science project being carried out at the University of Maryland. Materials from Tutorials in Introductory Physics will also be adapted for this project. Both curricula will soon be published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. The New Model Course in Applied Quantum Physics is presently being disseminated internationally after a long and well-documented NSF-funded development phase. The Activity-Based Tutorials in wave mechanics were developed in part with NSF funding and have been described in publications and national and international workshops. The PI has been co-developer of two of the three curricula that will be adapted to create the Intuitive Quantum Physics course. Materials from three proven curricula will be adapted to include explicit discussions of epistemological issues students will become aware of their thinking and why they can believe seemingly counter-intuitive ideas. A general education course in Intuitive Quantum Physics will be created in which non-science students learn quantum physics through simple observations, basic logical reasoning, and graphical analysis. The goal of this project is to improve student conceptual and epistemological knowledge in the sciences while developing a template for formative assessment in a general education course at the University of Maine. Sponsored in part by NSF grants DUE-0410895 A general education course in Intuitive Quantum Physics.
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