Category: Teaching
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The VOLVO Rule: When troubleshooting, turn only ONE knob at a time!
Notes from the lecture: 9., 10., & 11. – see this post on producing scientific diagrams. 12a. Model of Measurement System: 12b. Model of Physical System: 12c. Cartoon Game – I hand draw a cartoon schematic for every experiment which captures just the essential aspects of the measurement (knob &…
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Producing Scientific Diagrams Which Reveal the Relevant Scale @EdwardTufte
Learning how to produce informative and detailed graphical representations of the equipment used for experiments is a critical skill that takes practice and requires detailed knowledge of what is truly important about each component of the apparatus. For the Single Atom Microscope (SAM) project, we designed and assembled a prototype…
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Claude Shannon’s 1952 Lecture on Creative Thinking
A lecture by Claude Shannon on Creative Thinking is buried deep inside of his Miscellaneous Writings edited by N. J. A. Sloane & Aaron D. Wyner in 1990. It has been rediscovered in some sense by the authors Jimmy Soni & Rob Goodman who have just recently published a biography…
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R.W. Hamming On Creativity
In 1995, R. W. Hamming taught a course at the Naval Postgraduate School titled “The Art of Doing Science and Engineering.” The textbook is here and the lectures are here. My notes on his “Creativity” lecture are below: Compare to: This talk is worth comparing and contrasting with Gallagher’s Shannon lecture. Remarkably,…
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Lectures for PHY 451 Advanced Lab
Based on Teaching Students How to Model, I am revising the lectures for the Advanced Lab class (PHY 451). Day 1: Lectures 1 & 2: Modeling Framework Lectures 3, 4, 5: Data Analysis Potpourri Lecture 6: Estimating & Order of Magnitude Physics Lecture 7,8,9: Communication (Argumentation, PRL-style paper, APS-style talk) Lecture 10: Two-level…
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Teaching Students How to Model
Heather Lewandowski of the University of Colorado, Boulder presented a Colloquium today about her group’s Physics Education Research titled “Engaging Students in Authentic Scientific Practices in Physics Lab Courses.” Her talk focused on how to teach students about models and modeling: which is just one of the four learning goals (modeling,…
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