The covid-19 challenge: keeping active learning approach to physics instruction in distance learning

Authors

  • Julio Benegas Departamento de Física, Fac. de Ciencias Físico-Matemáticas y Naturales. Universidad Nacional de San Luis, 5700 San Luis. Argentina.
  • Ana Paula Lucero Departamento de Física, Fac. de Ciencias Físico-Matemáticas y Naturales. Universidad Nacional de San Luis, 5700 San Luis. Argentina.
  • Myriam Villegas Departamento de Física, Fac. de Ciencias Físico-Matemáticas y Naturales. Universidad Nacional de San Luis, 5700 San Luis. Argentina.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55767/2451.6007.v33.n2.35319

Keywords:

Active learning, General Physics, Remote learning, Interactive lecture demonstrations, PhET simulations

Abstract

This work reports on the classroom experience regarding the teaching of a general physics course for prospective biology and
math teachers. In order to keep the learning cycle of successful active learning teaching strategies, a few of the working sheets
of the teaching strategy Interactive Lecture Demonstrations were adapted as homework assignments based on the use of PhET
simulations. In this approach the in-class work based on peer interactions and experimental setups provided with on-line
graphical representations of well-designed experiments was replaced with the homeworks that used PhET simulations instead
of experimental equipment, while the full classroom social interactions were replaced by remote collaboration of pair of
students. In this work the detail structure of this learning approach is informed, together with the results of three students´
opinion questionaries.

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Published

2021-11-02

Issue

Section

Investigación en Enseñanza de la Física

How to Cite

The covid-19 challenge: keeping active learning approach to physics instruction in distance learning. (2021). Journal of Physics Teaching, 33(2), 563-568. https://doi.org/10.55767/2451.6007.v33.n2.35319