Monthly Archives: June 2013

Sound and music planning variations

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Andy Rundquist

My last post on my tentative approach to teaching “Physics of Sound and Music” this fall generated a lot of questions for me (thanks to all who are making me question just about everything!). Here I jot down some hare-brained … Continue reading →

Posted in syllabus creation, teaching | 7 Comments

Teaching article reading

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Andy Rundquist

Today my research students and I did a fun activity. We’ve found several papers that are connected to the work we’re doing, and I wanted to sit with my students to pore over them to see where the gaps were … Continue reading →

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Sound and Music SBG

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Andy Rundquist

I’m teaching “the physics of sound and music” in the fall, along with the labs. I really want to do that using my Standards-Based Grading with Voice approach, but I recognize that having 40 students really changes the grading calculus. … Continue reading →

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Engineering projects to research

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Andy Rundquist

Well, it’s that time again. Time to start posting a bunch of things here to capture my thoughts about upcoming courses. This fall I’m teaching two major things: a so-called “First Year Seminar” or “FYSEM” called “Hamline Engineering” (see last … Continue reading →

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Dealing with cheating

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Andy Rundquist

At the APS Distance Learning conference last weekend there was a session on dealing with cheating. We heard from Dave Pritchard from MIT and Gerd Kortemeyer from Michigan State. Both of them have run courses using online homework (the MSU … Continue reading →

Posted in glodal physics department, sbar, sbg, screencasting, teaching | 5 Comments

Core physics curriculum

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Andy Rundquist

This past weekend I attended the American Physical Society’s Physics Chairs Conference. It was great to meet so many physics edu/administrators. I got a lot of ideas I’m interested in kicking around at my institution, but this post is about … Continue reading →

Posted in physics, teaching | 25 Comments