A New Labwork Course for Physics Students: Devices, Methods and Research Projects

Autor/inn/en	Neumann, Knut; Welzel, Manuela
Titel	A New Labwork Course for Physics Students: Devices, Methods and Research Projects
Quelle	In: European Journal of Physics, 28 (2007) 3, (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-0807
DOI	10.1088/0143-0807/28/3/S06
Schlagwörter	Research Projects; Physics; Science Instruction; Science Laboratories; Student Projects; College Science; Foreign Countries; Optics; Energy; Undergraduate Study; Measurement Techniques; Laboratory Equipment; Science Process Skills; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Forschungsvorhaben; Physik; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Schulprojekt; Ausland; Optik; Energie; Grundstudium; Messtechnik; Laborausstattung; Deutschland
Abstract	Physics labwork has for a long time now been an important part of academic physics education. But demands on physics education have changed. However, while seminars and lectures have easily been updated with the latest content, it is much more difficult to modernize labwork courses: mere changes of content require expensive new equipment, tight course schemes do not allow for fundamental structural changes. Thus, physics departments have been reluctant with an essential renovation of labwork courses. Nevertheless, in 2000 the physics department at the University of Dusseldorf decided to have the introductory physics labwork course rebuilt from scratch: as a point of departure, demands of lectures and students have been surveyed. According to these demands a new course with three succeeding parts has been developed: a "Devices"and a "Methods" part, which serve as a preparation for the third part, the "Projects" part, in which students self-determinedly work on small research projects. This paper summarizes the criticism concerning existing labwork courses and describes the surveyed demands as well as the according implementation of the new course. Results of an evaluation of the course with respect to the specified demands are reported briefly at the end. (Contains 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10