TEACHING PHYSICS CLASSES

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Prerequisite: Open to junior and senior Physics majors. Permission of Instructor required.Methods of teaching Physics are learned through: attending and critiquing introductory Physics lectures, answering student questions before assignments are due, making up a question and its solution for a test, researching and performing a classroom demonstration, and writing a final paper on the experience. Part of the course will involve reading journal articles on Physics Education. Offered each term.