Principal Investigator
Dr. Peter Dourmashkin, Physics; Analia Barrantes De Karma, Experimental Study Group
Fund:
Alumni Class Funds
Funding Period:
AY2011
Department/Lab/Center:
Physics
Doctors Dourmashkin and Barrantes will run a two year educational experiment at the Experimental Study Group (ESG), starting in the summer of 2010, that will offer students who have done poorly on the mathematics diagnostic exam a chance to develop the necessary problem solving and mathematical sills to succeed in 8.01 at ESG. The students will attend a weekly seminar (for which they will earn six units of p/f credit) in which they will work on developing problem solving abilities and reviewing the mathematical tools needed to succeed in 8.01. The project will develop a series of modules with detailed teaching pedagogies and assessment exams that can be used both in ESG and in 8.01 in the regular curriculum during Fall 2010.