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Computational Data Science capstone class

Posted on January 15, 2023 by Andy Rundquist

In just over a week the CDS capstone class starts and I’m not nearly ready. It’s been a while since I taught a class (Spring 2021 in the pandemic) and I’m a little rusty. But I remembered how useful it … Continue reading →

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Computational Data Science early semester thoughts

Posted on February 15, 2020 by Andy Rundquist

I’m back in the classroom! At least for a semester anyways. In the dean’s office I teach one class per year and last year was a fully online course, so this is a fun adventure (so far at least). This … Continue reading →

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Back flip doesn’t help students who miss class

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Andy Rundquist

In my Theoretical Mechanics course the other day we were talking about noninertial forces (like centrifugal and coriolis forces) on the surface of the earth. We did all kinds of examples related to weather, cannons, and cars driving. However, we … Continue reading →

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Keep from just plowing through

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Andy Rundquist

I spent a good portion of the day trying to figure out what I wanted to do in my Theoretical Mechanics class tomorrow. We’ve recently begun the chapter on central potentials and I wasn’t sure how far to try to … Continue reading →

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What if they don’t do it?

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Andy Rundquist

I’m still refining yesterday’s idea of having one day a week for assessment/review/integration in my General Physics II course. As often happens, I’m narrowing in on an idea/approach that I think could really help students learn, but there’s always the fear … Continue reading →

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Assessment Fridays

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Andy Rundquist

Long-time readers of my blog know that August and January often feature posts with crazy syllabus brainstorms. This is one of those. I’m teaching calc-based General Physics 2 this fall (yes, gen phys 2 in the fall, deal with it) … Continue reading →

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1 standard per day

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Andy Rundquist

I’m often involved in conversations with people about Standards-Based Grading where we focus on how many standards we should have. I’ve settled recently on a “1 standard per day” approach that works for me and I wanted to get my … Continue reading →

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Flipped flip debrief

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Andy Rundquist

This semester I taught our optics elective using a similar approach that I used in our non-science-majors physics of sound and music last semester. Here’s a couple of posts about this class. The main approach consisted of: Students are not … Continue reading →

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Sound and music update

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Andy Rundquist

Well, we’re a month into my “Physics of Sound and Music” class, and I thought I’d put some notes down as to how I think it’s going. I did a lot of planning for this course, using this blog to … Continue reading →

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Tell me what to grade

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Andy Rundquist

I was grading my first set of quizzes in my Physics of Sound and Music course today, and I realized I could do it better. First some context: This is a standards-based grading course, so that means that each quiz … Continue reading →

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