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SOCIAL Physics: koondis

SOCIAL Physics: www.koondis.com. Galen T. Pickett, Thomas Gredig, Zvonimir Hlousek, Chuhee Kwon, James Kisiel CSU Long Beach, Physics and Astronomy. Outline. Motivation Engineering a curriculum: F2F Engineering a curriculum: Online Teamwork: Social Homework

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SOCIAL Physics: koondis

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  1. SOCIAL Physics:www.koondis.com Galen T. Pickett, Thomas Gredig, Zvonimir Hlousek, Chuhee Kwon, James Kisiel CSU Long Beach, Physics and Astronomy

  2. Outline • Motivation • Engineering a curriculum: F2F • Engineering a curriculum: Online • Teamwork: Social Homework • Online Laboratory: Authentic STEM • CO Redesign Project • Conclusion

  3. Motivation • CSU Long Beach • 36,000 students, many first-generation, low-income • STEM Gateway for Long Beach • 90,000 applied for 5,000 spots.

  4. CSU Long Beach Physics • 11 TT Faculty • 3-year average, 18 undergrad degrees / 12 MS degrees • UD gateway course • APS • Minority Bridge Program • PhysTEC Legacy Site

  5. Motivation for Physics • Important to get it right! • Better careers for students • Special skills, better problems • Existence and justification. • Recruit physics majors from introductory physics • Double majors • If we don’t, who will? • We have a successful course F2F … export it.

  6. Existing Course • Physics for Scientists and Engineers (Mechanics) • Not a “bottleneck” … an “accelerant”.

  7. Engineering a Curriculum • Matter and Interactions • Physics the way physicists do it • Formal reasoning • Derive results, then apply • Physical Problem Solving • Momentum / Energy / L

  8. Engineering a Pedagogy • Large lecture format: Hall of Science • I>Clicker • Cooperative • Interactive • Engaging

  9. Honors Sections • Support high performing students • SCALE-UP classrooms, both 151 and 152 Long Beach Register, 2/5/14

  10. Engineering Student Support • Learning Assistants “Undergrad TA’s”

  11. …but… • Homework should be teaching physics • 36% of exam performance “explained” by homework (correlations, per student) • Strengthen correlation exam <-> homework?

  12. Koondis.com • Zvonimir Hlousek, Thomas Gredig …and me. • CO incubation project.

  13. Social Homework / Koondis.com • Async / Groups / Roles / Rotation / Any Content • Social Media overlay / “like” “thanks”

  14. Instructor Workflow • Assign groups automatically (10 min, presemester) • Rotate “roles” week to week • Custom: Director, Investigator, Executive, Skeptic • Assign problem to group (5 min) • Grading posts, likes, thanks -> grades (5 min) • 600 students in 10 courses now (lower / upper division, lecture, laboratory)

  15. Instructor Feedback

  16. Teamwork: Social Homework • Asynchronous teams(Kisiel NARST 2013)

  17. Grades and SHW (Kisiel)

  18. Accidental Experiment • Spring 2012 –> Spring 2013, add SHW • Correlations … significant at p<10^(-4) • Homework (finally) helps exam performance.

  19. Mechanisms? • Grit: Duckworth … “how is failure dealt with” • Normalizing and metacognition • Everyone sees everyone’s work • Everyone is good at something • Best students struggle • Praise … “like” “thanks” • Overlapping, reinforcing effects • PER research project … why does this work?

  20. Fully Online Mechanics • Same Homework as Brick-and-Mortar • Social Homework to support problem solving • Social Homework: collaborate in experiment design • Social Homework: portion of exams • “GLUE”

  21. Laboratory: Authentic STEM • Social Homework Groups Design Experiments • “Tracker” used to perform measurements • Experiments independently verified / groups • Groups decide / construct their own meaning • Ph.D. – level scientist required to judge

  22. Online Laboratory • 3-week cycle: • Propose experiment (in group), RFP • Experiment performed • Results confirmed • Requires a Professor – by design • 60 seats so far, 100 in Spring 2015 • Three sections worth of capacity relieved (24 lab sections now, M-F 7am-10pm)

  23. CSU CO Redesign Project • “Social Homework” is a “Proven Practice” • Fall 2014, redesign courses to use tool • Run course with Koondis in Spring • 3 units (at replacement rate, or $$$) • Department chairs will approve “RFP”. • This year, CO pays all student fees ($35 / student) … ANYONE in CSU who adopts.

  24. Conclusion • Social Homework: MOOC Glue • Social Homework: Experiment as Social Activity • Students depend on each other • CourseCraft: positive interdependence Gerry Hanley, Asst. Chancellor

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