[Physics-mmm] Monday Morning Memo: February 26th 2007

[Paula Rhodaback]

OSU Department of Physics

MONDAY MORNING MEMO

Week of February 26th 2007

 

 

 

Monday: Colloquium:

 

Title: Towards improving physics education: examples of student mathematical
and conceptual difficulties in quantum mechanics 

 

Speaker: Dr. Homeyra Sadaghiani, Department of Physics, University of
Washington 


 

Place: Weniger 153

 

Time: 4pm

 

Refreshments: Weniger 305: 3:30pm

 

 

 

Tuesday:  Teaching/TA Seminar

 

Discussion of Chapter 4: Teaching Physics By Edward Redish 

(Books can be checked in the Physics office)

 

Place: Weniger 305

 

Time: 4pm

 

 

 

Wednesday: Solid State and Optics Seminar

 

Title:  APS Practice Talks

 

Speaker: Graduate Students


Place: Weniger 304

 

Time: 4:00 PM

 

 

Thursday: Colloquium

 

Title:  Communities of Practice in Brazil: An Ethnographic Study of Changes
to University Physics Instruction 


 

Speaker: Dr. Jose Acacio de Barros, Institute for Exact Sciences, Federal
University at Juiz de Fora, Brazil and Center for the Study of Language and
Information, Stanford University 


 

Place: Weniger 304

 

Time: 4:00 PM

 

Refreshment: Weniger 305: 3:30pm

 

 

Friday: Research Seminar

 

Topic:   Experimental Optical

 

Speakers:  David McIntyre, Bill Hetherington

 

Place: Weniger 377

 

Time: 1:00 PM

 
 
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