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How ISLE can be
used in classes with different schedules Class format Large Room Meetings: 48 minutes every Monday, Wednesday
and Friday (about 80 students) with three different instructors. Small Room Meetings: 48 minutes every Tuesday and
Thursday (25 to 30 students) with 5 recitation instructors. Labs: 1 hour 48 min once a week with
8 lab instructors. Total: 348 min/week.
California
State University,
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EARNING
Part
of
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When
and where it takes place
|
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Observations, qualitative
explanations, qualitative testing experiments, invent physical quantities |
Lab |
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Physical quantities-developing quantitative
models (laws)-designing more testing experiments, qualitative and
quantitative problem solving |
Large room meeting |
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Testing-applications (design,
experiment problems, & how-things-work problems) |
Lab |
Class schedule
Large-room meetings: 55 min every Monday and
Wednesday with all students.
Small-room meetings in laboratory
room: 80 min (30
students) with 4 recitation instructors on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Laboratory: 3 hours once a week with 30
students/lab taught by 4 instructors on W-F.
Total: 370 min per week for two
semesters including all of algebra-based physics.
Part
of
|
When
and where it takes place
|
|
Observations, qualitative
explanations, model testing, qualitative representations |
First large-room meeting of the
week |
|
Conceptual reasoning, physical
quantities, laws, quantitative testing, application |
Second large-room meeting of
the week |
|
Problem solving and multiple
representation activities |
Small-room room meeting next
week |
|
Testing experiments,
application experiments for the present cycle and observational experiments for the next
cycle |
Laboratory during the same week
as lectures |
Class schedule
Large-room meetings: 55 min every Tuesday and Friday
with all students.
Small-room meetings in laboratory
room: 55 min (30
students) with 8-10 recitation instructors on Mondays.
Laboratory: 3 hours once a week with 30
students/lab taught by 1-15 instructors on M-F.
Total: 345 min per week for two
semesters including all of algebra-based physics.
Part
of
|
When
and where it takes place
|
|
Observations, qualitative
explanations, model testing, qualitative representations |
First large-room meeting of the
week |
|
Conceptual reasoning, physical quantities,
laws, quantitative testing, application |
Second large-room meeting of
the week |
|
Problem solving and multiple
representation activities |
Small-room room meeting next
week |
|
Testing and application experiments
based on the material of the previous week. |
Laboratory during the week
following lectures |
Class schedule
Large room meetings: 55 min every Tuesday and Thursday
(180 students) one instructor
Small room meetings in laboratory
room: 80 min
twice a week (22 students) 4 recitation instructors
Total: 270 min per week for two
semesters for mechanics, vibrations, waves and thermodynamics
Part
of
|
When
and where it takes place
|
|
Observations, qualitative
explanations |
First large room meeting of the
week |
|
Conceptual reasoning, model
testing, skill development |
First small room meeting
(workshop) |
|
Physical quantities, laws,
quantitative testing, applications |
Second large room meeting |
|
Application problems |
Second small room meeting
(summary problem session) |
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