Reinventing college physics for biologists: Explicating an epistemological curriculum
Reinventing college physics for biologists: Explicating an epistemological curriculum
The University of Maryland Physics Education Research Group (UMd-PERG) carried out a five-year research project to rethink, observe, and reform introductory algebra-based (college) physics. This class is one of the Maryland Physics Department's large service courses, serving primarily life-science majors. After consultation with biologists, we re-focused the class on helping …