ABP Tutorials | Implementation of Computer Tutorials at the University of Maryland |
Introductory calculus-based physics course: |
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Based on the instructional model developed by Lillian C. McDermott and the Physics Education Group at the University of Washington
Pretest | Pretests are qualitative questions given to students before tutorial (but typically after traditional instruction) | ||
TA Training | Each week, all TA's (as well as other classroom facilitators) prepare for the week. | Click for video of | Click for video of |
Tutorials | Tutorials are worksheets guided by the findings of physics education research that students follow in class. | ||
classroom interactions: | In class, students working in groups are led to build an understanding for themselves | Video of student-student
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Tutorial Homework | Each tutorial comes with a homework. Students extend ideas covered in tutorial and make connections between concepts stressed in tutorial and quantitative skills stressed in tradtional textbook problems. | ||
Examination Question | On each examination, one question comes directly from material emphasized in tutorial. |
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