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Spring 2008  Phys 5A  5/16  Lecture 3.6  50 minutes
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OLD TEACHING...
1. I covered it in class, therefore it is the student's 
   fault if the material is not understood.
2. Content is determined by the textbook or by what I 
   think the students should learn.
3. I talk; the students listen and learn.

...versus NEW TEACHING
1. I haven't really taught it until the student 
   understands it.
2. Content is determined by what the students can 
   reasonably be expected to master during the 
   allotted time.
3. Students interact (with me and with one another) 
   and respond to queries; I observe and discover 
   what they learn and how they learn.
--Kenneth S. Krane, _Why This Is The Time For Reform_

ANNOUNCEMENTS
"Physics Survey B" post-test results
     How do physics students at Cuesta College and UC-Davis compare?

TODAY (*.pdf)
Quiz 7: 9:30-9:55 AM
     **PLEASE SIT IN EVERY OTHER SEAT**
     **NO CELL PHONES/MEDIA PLAYERS/PDAS ALLOWED**
     USE YOUR OWN UNIQUE 4-DIGIT P.I.N.
     WRITE NAME AND P.I.N. ALONG EDGE OF QUIZ
     CIRCLE ALL ANSWERS DIRECTLY ON QUIZ
     FINISHED EARLY?  TURN IN QUIZ, BE CONSIDERATE AND QUIET
     
Pick up graded lab reports (if you want them)     

Clicker opinion survey (optional anonymity)

"Maryland Physics Expectations Survey" (for education research)
     Answer both sides of questionnaire sheet
     (Second half of Quiz 8 credit) 

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Homework
"Learning Resource Survey" [6.0 clicker points]
     (Hosted by Surveymonkey.com)
     Enter name (for credit), rate usefulness of course components
     **Ends Friday night, 5/16, 11:59 PM**

RAW summary points to be posted online Saturday, 5/17, 11:59 PM
     (Your course grade if you do NOT take the Final Exam)

Final Exam (120 min)
     Wednesday, 5/21, 9:45-11:45 AM
     Bring your scientific calculator
     **USE YOUR OWN UNIQUE 4-DIGIT P.I.N.**
     **ALL RELEVANT EQUATIONS PROVIDED**
     **KNOW COMPONENTS, NEWTON'S LAWS, MECH. FORCE MAGS./DIRS.**
     **KNOW WHEN/HOW TO APPLY EQUATIONS**
     Closed-book, closed-notes
     No Scantrons; circle/write answers directly on Midterm
     Two short-answer questions = 20 points
          (Cf. reading guide Chs. 13-14 conceptual questions)
          Partial credit given for relevant discussion
     Four worked-out problems = 80 points
          (Cf. Spring 2008 HW problems and lecture examples
               from Chs. 4.6-4.8, 7.7, 8.2/8.4, 14.2-14.5) 
          Partial credit given for approach and method