The optical transform: Simulating diffraction experiments in introductory courses

1991 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 91 ◽  
Author(s):  
George C. Lisensky ◽  
Thomas F. Kelly ◽  
Donald R. Neu ◽  
Arthur B. Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Introductory Courses ◽  
Optical Transform

Bridging Psychology and Engineering: Undergraduate Conceptions of Human Systems Engineering

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 510-514
Author(s):  
Rod D. Roscoe ◽  
Samuel T. Arnold ◽  
Ashley T. Clark
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Introductory Courses ◽  
Knowledge And Beliefs ◽  
The People ◽  
Human Systems

Instruction and coursework that link engineering and psychology may enable future engineers to better understand the people they are engineering for (e.g., users and clients) and themselves as engineers (e.g., teammates). In addition, human-centered engineering education may empower engineering students to better solve problems at the intersection of technology and people. In this study, we surveyed students’ conceptions and attitudes toward human systems engineering. We aggregate responses across three survey iterations to discuss students’ knowledge and beliefs, and to consider instructional opportunities for introductory courses.

Comparison of Women's and Coeducational College Classrooms: I. Course Assignments

1994 ◽  
Vol 74 (3) ◽  
pp. 1035-1040 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashton D. Trice
Keyword(s):  
Art History ◽  
Women's Colleges ◽  
Introductory Courses ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Scientific Content ◽  
College Classrooms ◽  
Course Syllabi ◽  
Institutional Selectivity ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Introductory Classes

This study examined the number of assignments in 502 course syllabi collected from 18 women's colleges and 18 matched coeducational colleges. The number of assignments was significantly higher at women's colleges, at colleges with lower selectivity for admissions, and in introductory classes. Significant differences among the four disciplines examined (psychology, mathematics, English, and art history) were found. Three of the factors (gender, discipline, and level) interacted. The most prominent difference was that, in introductory courses with quantitative and scientific content (psychology and mathematics), women's colleges required many more assignments than coeducational colleges. The effect of institutional selectivity was smaller than these three effects and appeared to be additive rather than interactive. The number of term-long assignments was not significantly different. Women's colleges, however, had more short-term assignments and tests than coeducational institutions. The results are related to the historic mission of inclusion of nontraditional students at women's colleges.

Covariant Physics

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moataz H. Emam
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Theoretical Physics ◽  
Newtonian Mechanics ◽  
Theory Of Relativity ◽  
College Physics ◽  
Introductory Courses ◽  
Tensor Calculus ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Intended Reader ◽  
Theory Of Fields

This book is an introduction to the modern methods of the general theory of relativity, tensor calculus, space time geometry, the classical theory of fields, and a variety of theoretical physics oriented topics rarely discussed at the level of the intended reader (mid-college physics major). It does so from the point of view of the so-called principle of covariance; a symmetry that underlies most of physics, including such familiar branches as Newtonian mechanics and electricity and magnetism. The book is written from a minimalist perspective, providing the reader with only the most basic of notions; just enough to be able to read, and hopefully comprehend, modern research papers on these subjects. In addition, it provides a (hopefully short) preparation for the student to be able to conduct research in a variety of topics in theoretical physics; with particular emphasis on physics in curved spacetime backgrounds. The hope is that students with a minimal mathematical background in calculus and only some introductory courses in physics may be able to study this book and benefit from it.

Wood ash analysis: An experiment for introductory courses

1982 ◽  
Vol 59 (12) ◽  
pp. 1047 ◽  
Author(s):  
William B. Guenther
Keyword(s):  
Wood Ash ◽  
Introductory Courses
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