Princeton University  Joseph Henry Room

5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Registration,  Wine and Cheese Reception

7:00 – 8:30 p.m.               Kent Yagi   "Gravitational Waves ~A New Messenger of the Universe~"

                                           Kent Yagi NJAAPT-2017-Princeton.ppt

 Saturday  March 18, 2017      9:00 am  -  3:30 pm

Princeton University  Jadwin Hall Auditorium

Please bring your questions for the “cracker-barrel” discussion on “What is difficult to teach in Physics?”.

Spring Meeting Theme:    “New Approaches in Physics Education”

• 8:00-9:00                    Registration / Coffee
• 9:00-9:15                    Introduction
• 9:15—10:15               Speaker :  Craig Buszka  -- Modeling Physics
•                                      Craig Buszka Handout -- hestenes jackson dukerich modeling instruction.pdf
  
• Break
• 10:30                           Business meeting
• 11:00-12:00                Speaker:  Frank Noschese --  Standards-Based Grading
•                                      Frank Noschese handout SBGNJAAPTSpring2017.pdf
  
• 12:00-1:00                  Lunch
• 1:00-2:00                    Speaker:  John Roeder  -- Physics First
•                                      John Roeder NJAAPT.The State of Physics First(Mar17).pdf
•                                      John Roeder NJAAPT.PhysicsFirst(M17).pdf2:00-2:15                                  
  
• 2:00 - 2:15                   Break
• 2:15                              Cracker-Barrel discussions of difficult topics in Physics teaching