Astronomy & Physics Education

1300

Hello and house keeping

Peter H Sneddon

Co-Chair APE

1305

An introduction to APE and the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Nic Labrosse

Peter H Sneddon

Co-Chairs APE

What is the purpose of the Astronomy & Physics Education Group and, more broadly, what is the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, the research area APE will be working in?  The leaders of the new group will attempt to answer these questions.

1325

Physics Education Research at the University of Edinburgh

Ross Galloway

University of Edinburgh

I will give a brief summary of the primary research interests of the Edinburgh Physics Education Research Group and a flavour of some of our findings and developments from the last decade.

1335

eSTEeM – The model for funding and encouraging Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in STEM at the Open University and how it works

Laura Alexander

Open University

eSTEeM is the OU centre for STEM pedgagogy, aiming to promote excellence in teaching and learning through scholarship. This presentation will be a whistle stop tour through how eSTEeM supports SoTL in all the OU STEM schools, including how it is funded, the dissemination of results and links to FHEA and SFHEA.

1345

SoTL at Glasgow: what help is out there?

Michael McEwan

Nathalie Sheridan

University of Glasgow

As the name implies, this presentation will outline some of the help that the University of Glasgow can provide to support the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning of colleagues.

1355

Examples of quantitative analyses of educational interventions

Catriona McAllister

University of Glasgow

I will present a brief summary of my PhD work over the last 3 years, the focus being on analysing student performance from the individual level, through group dynamics, to full cohort analysis. I will highlight some interesting and unexpected results.

1405

Enhancing students’ learning

Eric Yao

University of Glasgow

A high quality learning environment requires many essential features. In this talk, I'll discuss how continuous data collection and analysis leading to reflection and refinement can help to keep the right balance. 

1415

Spaced Repetition: Towards More Effective Learning in Physics

Alison Voice

University of Leeds

Students have a habit of leaving their revision for the week before the exam. But this does not build lasting memory or deep understanding. This talk will showcase the use of spaced repetition throughout the learning phase, and demonstrate an enhanced effect in the exam and in an impromptu test 5 months later.

1445

Follow on discussions and wrap up

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