Studio Makes Waves in Teaching Physics

摘要

If you've never seen a standing wave, levitated a metal plate using a magnetic field, or built a mini railgun, you probably haven't taken a recent physics class at Mines, where innovative teaching methods have dramatically improved student learning in some notoriously difficult-but required-courses. Coined "studio physics," the approach moves the bulk of instruction out of the traditional lecture hall and into specially designed classrooms, where students are encouraged to collaborate and interact as they work on group assignments and experiments.