Episode 03 – David Hestenes – “The Modeling Theory of Cognition”
This episode is a conversation with Dr. David Hestenes. Dr. Hestenes talks about his own education and work in various universities and departments. He talks about his graduate education and then goes in-depth about the research that led to developing the ideas and methodology underlying modeling instruction in physics and later other sciences and mathematics.…
View Show NotesEpisode 02 – Colleen Megowan – “Collaborative Sense Making”
Colleen Megowan has extensive experience teaching in the classroom in California. She did her graduate work and eventually went on to teach at Arizona State University. Colleen was at ASU during the very beginning of the formation of AMTA and served as its first Executive Officer in 2011. Mark talks to Colleen about her early…
View Show NotesEpisode 01 – Larry Dukerich – “Change the trajectory of your career”
In this episode, we hear from Larry Dukerich, one of the key people who developed modeling resources for chemistry instruction. He talks about how modeling changed the way he taught and expands on the three main ways that modeling differs from a traditional lecture-style classroom. Guest Bio Larry Dukerich received his B.S. in Chemistry from…
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