CONFERENCEModern physics education is based on the idea that students learn more effectively when the learning process reflects scientific practice, at the center of which is scientific modeling. The seminar will explore the following questions: What is a scientific model, and what does scientific modeling look like in the learning process?
The seminar will examine the role of scientific models and modeling in the natural sciences. It will cover modeling theory, the Modeling Method of Instruction (Hestenes), and Hesse’s Theory of Analogies, using examples from high school physics.
The seminar will be led by Prof. Mark Lattery (University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh), author of Deep Learning in Introductory Physics and President of Modeling Teachers International.
The seminar will be held in English, and the number of participants is limited.
Organized by:
University of Latvia, Faculty of Science and Technology
Department of Physics, Physics Education Research Group
Contact: jelena.kosmaca@lu.lv