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In this edited book, leading authors will share their work on integrating computation into undergraduate physics courses. The book will collect the best integration efforts across the world at a variety of scales to showcase and contextualize the work that is taking place.
Authors will share the motivations for their efforts to integrate computation into physics courses, how the changes were discussed and implemented, including how goals were developed, what curricular and pedagogical efforts were used, and the reaction of students and faculty to the work. Authors will discuss how their courses are run and supported along with sample curricular materials, including formative and summative assessments. Finally, authors will outline what challenges they encountered and what challenges remain.
Chapter 1: Introduction (Danny Caballero)
Part 1: Integrating Computation into Physics Course Activities
· Chapter 2: Introducing Computational Activities to Introductory Physics Students (Ruth Chabay and Bruce Sherwood, NCSU, High Point, and UNT)
· Chapter 2: Developing Computational Activities for Life Science Physics students (Vashti Sawtelle and Lisa Lapidus, MSU)
· Chapter 3: Computational Projects for Physics and Astronomy majors (Morten Hjorth-Jensen, University of Oslo and MSU or TBD)
· Chapter 4: Assessing Computational Understanding in Physics Courses (TBD)
· Chapter 5: Using evidence-based course activities for computational instruction in physics (TBD)
Part 2: Integrating Computation into Physics Courses
· Chapter 6: Projects and Practices in Physics a computationally-integrated physics course for engineers and scientists (Paul Irving, MSU)
· Chapter 7: Lessons from a course for life science students (Edit Yerushalmi, Weizmann)
· Chapter 8: Computationally integrated physics courses for majors (Tim Atherton, Boston)
Part 3: Integrating Computation Across the Curriculum
· Chapter 9: Teaching computation at a small liberal arts college (Marie Lopez Del Puerto, St. Thomas)
· Chapter 10: Integrating computation into physics majors at a small women’s college (Derrick Hylton, Spelman)
· Chapter 11: Integrating computation across a large research university in Norway (Anders Malthe-Sørenson, University of Oslo)
· Chapter 12: Integrating computation across a university in Canada (Martin Connors, Athabasca)
· Chapter 13: An intentional integration of computation at a large public university in the US (Andrew Gavrin, IUPUI)
Chapter 14: Summary and roadmaps (Danny Caballero)