Monday, January 17, 2011

[Back after a while] An exciting new project!

Wow--what a whirlwind few months I've had. I'm glad to finally have some time to post again, and I'm hoping to post more regularly this semester.

I'm very excited for tomorrow: I'm going to try out a new in-class strategy that came to me last week during the American Association of Physics Teachers meeting. I'll post pictures later, but I've created a set of emotional/affect flashcards (or "emoticards" as I'm calling them for now) that depict the top 6 emotions that students seem to experience while studying physics. The students will be able to hold up these cards during class discussion to indicate to me how they're feeling about the material. (Fans of The Big Bang Theory will find this idea strikingly familiar.)

I'm looking forward to seeing how it goes!
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