Physics & Astronomy

Peer Instruction:  A User’s Manual is a step-by-step guide for instructors on how to plan and implement Peer Instruction lectures. The teaching methodology is applicable to a variety of introductory science courses (including biology and chemistry). However, the additional material—class-tested, ready-to-use resources, in print and on disk (so professors can reproduce them as handouts or transparencies)—is intended for calculus-based physics courses.

• Contains a step-by-step guide on how to plan Peer Instruction lectures using an instructor's existing lecture materials.

• The complete set of class-tested and ready-to-use resources for implementing the method in a one-year introductory physics course includes:

  • Two diagnostic tests to evaluate students' understanding of mechanics.

  • Student questionnaire handouts to assess students' expectations for the course and to point out misconceptions.

  • 44 Reading Quizzes, organized by subject and designed to be given at the beginning of each class to motivate the students to read assigned material before class.

  • 243 ConcepTests, multiple-choice questions for use in lecture to engage the students and to assess their understanding.

  • 109 Conceptual Examination Questions, organized by major topic for use on exams.

• Enclosed diskettes contain all of the above materials so they can be reformatted for 8 1/2 X 11 transparentcy and/or hand-out masters.

• To complement the material in the book, a continually updated set of additional resources is available on the world-wide web at http://galileo.harvard.edu.

  • This server will act as an interactive forum for instructors who are implementing Peer Instruction in their courses. Instructor participation is welcomed!

• Author welcomes comments and suggestions via e-mail at "mazur@physics.harvard.edu".

I. OVERVIEW.

II. RESOURCES.

Calculus-Based Physics  (Physics & Astronomy)
Algebra-Based Physics  (Physics & Astronomy)

Clickers in the Astronomy Classroom
Duncan
©2007 | Addison-Wesley | Paper; 96 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0805396160 | ISBN-13: 9780805396164

Clickers in the Classroom
Duncan
©2005 | Addison-Wesley | Paper; 96 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0805387285 | ISBN-13: 9780805387285
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Cosmos DVD Boxed Set
Sagan
©2000 | Addison-Wesley | CD-ROM Only | Instock
ISBN-10: 080538572X | ISBN-13: 9780805385724

CourseCompass (5.0) Instructor Quick Start Guide
Addison-Wesley & Benjamin Cummings
©2007 | Addison-Wesley | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321491874 | ISBN-13: 9780321491879

CourseCompass Instructor Quick Start Guide (V4.2.1), 4/E
AWBC
©2005 | Addison-Wesley | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 032132126X | ISBN-13: 9780321321268

Edmund Scientific Star and Planet Locator
Edmund Scientific
©2007 | Addison-Wesley | Paper; 1 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131402358 | ISBN-13: 9780131402355

Interwrite Personal Response System
EduCue, Addison-Wesley & Benjamin Cummings
©2004 | Addison-Wesley | Electronic Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321267354 | ISBN-13: 9780321267351

MasteringAstronomy™ Student Access Kit for Bennett, Donahue, Schneider & Voit
Bennett, Donahue, Schneider & Voit
©2008 | Addison-Wesley | Access Code Card | Instock
ISBN-10: 0321582195 | ISBN-13: 9780321582195
URL:  http://www.masteringastronomy.com
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Stand-alone Access Code Tutor Center
Addison-Wesley
©2008 | Addison-Wesley | Access Code Card | Instock
ISBN-10: 0201721708 | ISBN-13: 9780201721706
URL:  http://www.aw-bc.com/tutorcenter
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ActivPhysics Volume 1, 2/E
Van Heuvelen
©2004 | Addison-Wesley | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 080539060X | ISBN-13: 9780805390605
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ActivPhysics Volume 2, 2/E
Van Heuvelen
©2004 | Addison-Wesley | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 0805390618 | ISBN-13: 9780805390612

MasteringPhysics™ Student Access Kit
Addison-Wesley
©2008 | Addison-Wesley | Access Code Card | Instock
ISBN-10: 032157012X | ISBN-13: 9780321570123
URL:  http://www.masteringphysics.com

ActivPhysics Volume 1, 2/E
Van Heuvelen
©2004 | Addison-Wesley | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 080539060X | ISBN-13: 9780805390605
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ActivPhysics Volume 2, 2/E
Van Heuvelen
©2004 | Addison-Wesley | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 0805390618 | ISBN-13: 9780805390612

MasteringPhysics™ Student Access Kit
Addison-Wesley
©2008 | Addison-Wesley | Access Code Card | Instock
ISBN-10: 032157012X | ISBN-13: 9780321570123
URL:  http://www.masteringphysics.com

This title is a member of the The Educational Innovation- Physics Series, which also contains the titles below . You can also visit the Educational Innovation- Physics Series page.

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  E&M TIPERs: Electricity & Magnetism Tasks
  Hieggelke, Maloney, O'Kuma & Kanim
  ©2006 | Addison-Wesley | Paper; 256 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131854992 | ISBN-13: 9780131854994
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  A  workbook for electricity and magnetism in introductory physics courses.

   

  TIPERs (Tasks Inspired by Physics Education Research) is the most complete set of conceptual exercises (tasks) available for electricity and magnetism. This workbook contains OVER 300 tasks that  focus on conceptual understanding and reinforce the sense that the ideas of science have coherence and power that extends beyond the facts and equations.

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  Interactive Teaching DVD: Promoting Better Learning Using Peer Instruction and Just-In-Time Teaching
  Derek Bok Center
  ©2007 | Addison-Wesley | DVD | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131580302 | ISBN-13: 9780131580305
  URL:  http://www.physics.prenhall.com
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  In this DVD, Harvard University physicist Eric Mazur demonstrates the use of Peer Instruction and Just-in-Time Teaching.The DVD serves as an interactive workshop that can be used by individual teachers or in group training sessions to learn about these techniques. New and experienced teachers can navigate at their own pace and focus on what interests them most. This DVD will also help you implement interactive teaching in your own classroom.
  
  

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  Just-In-Time Teaching: Blending Active Learning with Web Technology
  Novak, Gavrin, Christian & Patterson
  ©1999 | Addison-Wesley | Paper; 188 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0130850349 | ISBN-13: 9780130850348
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  Just-in-Time Teaching:  Blending Active Learning with Web Technology is a resource book that fully discusses an exciting new teaching and learning methodology designed to engage students by using feedback from pre-class web assignments to adjust classroom lessons so that students receive rapid response to the specific questions and problems they are having instead of more generic lectures that may or may not address what students actually need help with. Many teachers have found that this process also encourages students to take more control of the learning process and become active, and interested, learners.

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  Peer Instruction: A User's Manual
  Mazur
  ©1997 | Addison-Wesley | Paper; 253 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0135654416 | ISBN-13: 9780135654415
  Brief Description | Buy from myPearsonStore

  

  Peer Instruction:  A User’s Manual is a step-by-step guide for instructors on how to plan and implement Peer Instruction lectures. The teaching methodology is applicable to a variety of introductory science courses (including biology and chemistry). However, the additional material—class-tested, ready-to-use resources, in print and on disk (so professors can reproduce them as handouts or transparencies)—is intended for calculus-based physics courses.

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  Physlets: Teaching Physics with Interactive Curricular Material
  Christian & Belloni
  ©2001 | Addison-Wesley | Paper Bound w/CD-ROM; 304 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0130293415 | ISBN-13: 9780130293411
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  An instructor's supplement for Physics courses.

  This manual/CD package shows physics instructors—both web novices and Java savvy programmers alike—how to author their own interactive curricular material using Physlets. Java physlets are applets written for physics pedagogy that can be embedded directly into html documents and that can interact with the user. This guide demonstrates the use of Physlets in conjunction with JavaScript to deliver a wide variety of web-based interactive physics activities, and provides examples of Physlets created for classroom demonstrations, traditional and Just-in-Time Teaching homework problems, pre- and post-laboratory exercises, and Interactive Engagement activities. More than just a technical how-to book, the manual gives instructors some ideas about the new possibilities that Physlets offer, and is designed to make the transition to using Physlets quick and easy.

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  Physlet® Physics: Interactive Illustrations, Explorations and Problems for Introductory Physics
  Christian & Belloni
  ©2004 | Addison-Wesley | Paper; 352 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131019694 | ISBN-13: 9780131019690
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  For courses in Introductory Physics.

  This book and CD package furnishes students with a host of interactive, computer-based exercises and study resources that span the entire introductory physics curriculum. Using a practical yet engaging structure, Physlet® Physics presents a wide spectrum of “media-focused” critical thinking and problem-solving exercises, and provides students with an interactive visual representation of the physical phenomena they see in introductory physics textbooks.

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  Physlet® Quantum Physics: An Interactive Introduction
  Belloni, Christian & Cox
  ©2006 | Addison-Wesley | Paper Bound w/CD-ROM; 224 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131019708 | ISBN-13: 9780131019706
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  Physlet® Quantum Physics contains a collection of over 200 ready-to-run interactive exercises. These “media-focused” critical thinking and problem-solving exercises are based on carefully designed computer simulations generated in awardwinning Java applets. Physlet® Quantum Physics is based on current educational, experimental, and theoretical research, and gives students an interactive visual representation of the often difficult-to-visualize physical phenomena in quantum physics.

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  Ranking Task Exercises in Physics: Student Edition
  O'Kuma, Maloney & Hieggelke
  ©2004 | Addison-Wesley | Paper; 240 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 013144851X | ISBN-13: 9780131448513
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  A supplement for courses in Algebra-Based Physics and Calculus-Based Physics.

   

  Ranking Task Exercises in Physics are an innovative type of conceptual exercise that asks students to make comparative judgments about variations on a particular physicals situation.  It includes 200 exercises covering classical physics and optics.

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  Tutorials In Introductory Physics and Homework Package
  McDermott & Shaffer
  ©2002 | Addison-Wesley | Paper Package; 445 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0130970697 | ISBN-13: 9780130970695
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  For use as a supplemental text for conceptual recitation/tutorial sections of introductory undergraduate physics courses.

   

  Tutorials in Introductory Physics present a series of physics tutorials designed by a leading physics education research group.  Emphasizing the development of concepts and scientific reasoning skills, the tutorials focus on the specific conceptual and reasoning difficulties that students tend to encounter.

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