Ashlee Liao
I created this website tutorial to help people sharpen their problem solving skills. There was a focus on students taking introductory level physics in college/university, but anyone who wants to brush up on their skills can use this, too. This was a project I completed on behalf of my educational psychology class (EDP 304) at North Carolina State University.
Currently, I working towards two Bachelor degrees, one in mechanical engineering and another in Biological Sciences. I am also a learning assistant for PY 205, an introductory physics course for scientists and engineers. Learning assistants help conduct the PY 205 recitations, a 50-minute problem solving session in which students are given a challenge physics problem to solve in small groups. We, along with the TAs that run the recitations, help guide the students along solving the problems.
The learning assistant program is part of PhysTEC at NC State University. The program introduces science and engineering students to physics teaching and promotes students to become high school physics teachers since North Carolina has a shortage of teachers qualified for teaching physics. However, it provides a great experience in teaching, whether the learning assistant becomes a future teacher or applies it elsewhere in the field. There are plenty of situations in which a person must teach others outside of the field of education!
For this tutorial, I combined what I learned in my educational psychology class with the teaching experiences I have had while being a learning assistant and a student who has repeatedly applied the problem solving method. I hope that some of this information may help you to improve upon your own problem solving skills.
Good luck with your endeavors.
26 May 2015
I created this website tutorial to help people sharpen their problem solving skills. There was a focus on students taking introductory level physics in college/university, but anyone who wants to brush up on their skills can use this, too. This was a project I completed on behalf of my educational psychology class (EDP 304) at North Carolina State University.
Currently, I working towards two Bachelor degrees, one in mechanical engineering and another in Biological Sciences. I am also a learning assistant for PY 205, an introductory physics course for scientists and engineers. Learning assistants help conduct the PY 205 recitations, a 50-minute problem solving session in which students are given a challenge physics problem to solve in small groups. We, along with the TAs that run the recitations, help guide the students along solving the problems.
The learning assistant program is part of PhysTEC at NC State University. The program introduces science and engineering students to physics teaching and promotes students to become high school physics teachers since North Carolina has a shortage of teachers qualified for teaching physics. However, it provides a great experience in teaching, whether the learning assistant becomes a future teacher or applies it elsewhere in the field. There are plenty of situations in which a person must teach others outside of the field of education!
For this tutorial, I combined what I learned in my educational psychology class with the teaching experiences I have had while being a learning assistant and a student who has repeatedly applied the problem solving method. I hope that some of this information may help you to improve upon your own problem solving skills.
Good luck with your endeavors.
26 May 2015
