<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><div></div><div>Hello, all! </div><div><br></div><div>We are happy to welcome Dr. Michael Loverude who is studying physics education research to be our colloquium speaker this week. Reply to this email to let me know if you are interested in having dinner with him. It's a great networking opportunity!</div><div><br></div><div>Mary </div><div>SPS VP<br><br><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> Bao-An Li <<a href="mailto:Bao-An.Li@tamuc.edu">Bao-An.Li@tamuc.edu</a>><br><b>Date:</b> February 9, 2016 at 8:21:26 AM CST<br><b>To:</b> Matt Wood <<a href="mailto:Matt.Wood@tamuc.edu">Matt.Wood@tamuc.edu</a>>, "Kurtis Williams" <<a href="mailto:Kurtis.Williams@tamuc.edu">Kurtis.Williams@tamuc.edu</a>>, Carlos Bertulani <<a href="mailto:Carlos.Bertulani@tamuc.edu">Carlos.Bertulani@tamuc.edu</a>>, Anil Chourasia <<a href="mailto:Anil.Chourasia@tamuc.edu">Anil.Chourasia@tamuc.edu</a>>, Cheri Davis <<a href="mailto:Cheri.Davis@tamuc.edu">Cheri.Davis@tamuc.edu</a>>, William Newton <<a href="mailto:William.Newton@tamuc.edu">William.Newton@tamuc.edu</a>>, "Grady P Blount" <<a href="mailto:Grady.Blount@tamuc.edu">Grady.Blount@tamuc.edu</a>>, Ben Jang <<a href="mailto:Ben.Jang@tamuc.edu">Ben.Jang@tamuc.edu</a>>, "Larry Lemanski" <<a href="mailto:Larry.Lemanski@tamuc.edu">Larry.Lemanski@tamuc.edu</a>>, Laurence Angel <<a href="mailto:Laurence.Angel@tamuc.edu">Laurence.Angel@tamuc.edu</a>>, "Allan D. Headley" <<a href="mailto:Allan.Headley@tamuc.edu">Allan.Headley@tamuc.edu</a>>, Arlene Horne <<a href="mailto:Arlene.Horne@tamuc.edu">Arlene.Horne@tamuc.edu</a>>, Adolfo Benavides <<a href="mailto:Adolfo.Benavides@tamuc.edu">Adolfo.Benavides@tamuc.edu</a>>, Dan Jones <<a href="mailto:Dan.Jones@tamuc.edu">Dan.Jones@tamuc.edu</a>>, Tingxiu Wang <<a href="mailto:Tingxiu.Wang@tamuc.edu">Tingxiu.Wang@tamuc.edu</a>>, Sang Suh <<a href="mailto:Sang.Suh@tamuc.edu">Sang.Suh@tamuc.edu</a>>, Benny M Doughty <<a href="mailto:Ben.Doughty@tamuc.edu">Ben.Doughty@tamuc.edu</a>>, Kent Montgomery <<a href="mailto:Kent.Montgomery@tamuc.edu">Kent.Montgomery@tamuc.edu</a>>, "Stephen Starnes" <<a href="mailto:Stephen.Starnes@tamuc.edu">Stephen.Starnes@tamuc.edu</a>>, Bukuo Ni <<a href="mailto:Bukuo.Ni@tamuc.edu">Bukuo.Ni@tamuc.edu</a>>, Haydn Fox <<a href="mailto:Haydn.Fox@tamuc.edu">Haydn.Fox@tamuc.edu</a>>, Brent Donham <<a href="mailto:Brent.Donham@tamuc.edu">Brent.Donham@tamuc.edu</a>>, Seung-Hoon Cha <<a href="mailto:Seung-Hoon.Cha@tamuc.edu">Seung-Hoon.Cha@tamuc.edu</a>>, Robynne Lock <<a href="mailto:Robynne.Lock@tamuc.edu">Robynne.Lock@tamuc.edu</a>>, Sam Saffer <<a href="mailto:Sam.Saffer@tamuc.edu">Sam.Saffer@tamuc.edu</a>>, Gilbert Naizer <<a href="mailto:Gilbert.Naizer@tamuc.edu">Gilbert.Naizer@tamuc.edu</a>>, "Betty A. Block" <<a href="mailto:Betty.Block@tamuc.edu">Betty.Block@tamuc.edu</a>>, Yelin Ou <<a href="mailto:Yelin.Ou@tamuc.edu">Yelin.Ou@tamuc.edu</a>>, "Stuart Anderson" <<a href="mailto:Stuart.Anderson@tamuc.edu">Stuart.Anderson@tamuc.edu</a>>, Xingzhong Yan <<a href="mailto:Xingzhong.Yan@tamuc.edu">Xingzhong.Yan@tamuc.edu</a>>, Mary Hendrix <<a href="mailto:Mary.Hendrix@tamuc.edu">Mary.Hendrix@tamuc.edu</a>>, "'<a href="mailto:britt.long@go.tarleton.edu">britt.long@go.tarleton.edu</a>'" <'<a href="mailto:britt.long@go.tarleton.edu">britt.long@go.tarleton.edu</a>'>, "'Albert Menchaca (<a href="mailto:avmpacs@gmail.com">avmpacs@gmail.com</a>)'" <<a href="mailto:avmpacs@gmail.com">avmpacs@gmail.com</a>>, "'<a href="mailto:jamesothomas@gmail.com">jamesothomas@gmail.com</a>'" <'<a href="mailto:jamesothomas@gmail.com">jamesothomas@gmail.com</a>'>, "'Society of Physics Students'" <<a href="mailto:tamuc.sps@gmail.com">tamuc.sps@gmail.com</a>>, '???' <<a href="mailto:landau1908feynman1918@gmail.com">landau1908feynman1918@gmail.com</a>>, 'Evandro Segundo' <<a href="mailto:evandro.segundo@gmail.com">evandro.segundo@gmail.com</a>>, Kit Price Blount <<a href="mailto:Kit.Blount@tamuc.edu">Kit.Blount@tamuc.edu</a>>, "'<a href="mailto:issvaliant@gmail.com">issvaliant@gmail.com</a>'" <<a href="mailto:issvaliant@gmail.com">issvaliant@gmail.com</a>>, Andrea Purvis <<a href="mailto:Andrea.Purvis@tamuc.edu">Andrea.Purvis@tamuc.edu</a>>, Shub Shubhchintak <<a href="mailto:Shub.Shubhchintak@tamuc.edu">Shub.Shubhchintak@tamuc.edu</a>>, Thomas West <<a href="mailto:Thomas.West@tamuc.edu">Thomas.West@tamuc.edu</a>>, "'<a href="mailto:nbrady@leomail.tamuc.edu">nbrady@leomail.tamuc.edu</a>'" <<a href="mailto:nbrady@leomail.tamuc.edu">nbrady@leomail.tamuc.edu</a>>, Debbie Kim <<a href="mailto:Debbie.Kim@tamuc.edu">Debbie.Kim@tamuc.edu</a>>, Eddie Oh <<a href="mailto:Eddie.Oh@tamuc.edu">Eddie.Oh@tamuc.edu</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> "'<a href="mailto:kbroughton@leomail.tamuc.edu">kbroughton@leomail.tamuc.edu</a>'" <<a href="mailto:kbroughton@leomail.tamuc.edu">kbroughton@leomail.tamuc.edu</a>>, "'<a href="mailto:ncarrasco@leomail.tamuc.edu">ncarrasco@leomail.tamuc.edu</a>'" <<a href="mailto:ncarrasco@leomail.tamuc.edu">ncarrasco@leomail.tamuc.edu</a>>, "'<a href="mailto:torif95@gmail.com">torif95@gmail.com</a>'" <<a href="mailto:torif95@gmail.com">torif95@gmail.com</a>>, "'<a href="mailto:ckelley8@leomail.tamuc.edu">ckelley8@leomail.tamuc.edu</a>'" <<a href="mailto:ckelley8@leomail.tamuc.edu">ckelley8@leomail.tamuc.edu</a>>, "'<a href="mailto:cwoolsey@leomail.tamuc.edu">cwoolsey@leomail.tamuc.edu</a>'" <<a href="mailto:cwoolsey@leomail.tamuc.edu">cwoolsey@leomail.tamuc.edu</a>>, "'<a href="mailto:stacieworrel@ymail.com">stacieworrel@ymail.com</a>'" <<a href="mailto:stacieworrel@ymail.com">stacieworrel@ymail.com</a>>, "'<a href="mailto:bradyns@lopers.unk.edu">bradyns@lopers.unk.edu</a>'" <<a href="mailto:bradyns@lopers.unk.edu">bradyns@lopers.unk.edu</a>>, "'<a href="mailto:vguadalupe@leomail.tamuc.edu">vguadalupe@leomail.tamuc.edu</a>'" <<a href="mailto:vguadalupe@leomail.tamuc.edu">vguadalupe@leomail.tamuc.edu</a>>, "'<a href="mailto:rmcnamara@leomail.tamuc.edu">rmcnamara@leomail.tamuc.edu</a>'" <<a href="mailto:rmcnamara@leomail.tamuc.edu">rmcnamara@leomail.tamuc.edu</a>>, "'<a href="mailto:jpearson3@leomail.tamuc.edu">jpearson3@leomail.tamuc.edu</a>'" <<a href="mailto:jpearson3@leomail.tamuc.edu">jpearson3@leomail.tamuc.edu</a>>, "'<a href="mailto:grobinson5@leomail.tamuc.edu">grobinson5@leomail.tamuc.edu</a>'" <<a href="mailto:grobinson5@leomail.tamuc.edu">grobinson5@leomail.tamuc.edu</a>>, "'<a href="mailto:ztaylor2@leomail.tamuc.edu">ztaylor2@leomail.tamuc.edu</a>'" <<a href="mailto:ztaylor2@leomail.tamuc.edu">ztaylor2@leomail.tamuc.edu</a>>, "'<a href="mailto:421284204@qq.com">421284204@qq.com</a>'" <<a href="mailto:421284204@qq.com">421284204@qq.com</a>>, "'<a 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href="mailto:vlyons@leomail.tamuc.edu">vlyons@leomail.tamuc.edu</a>>, "'<a href="mailto:jacobsworld_2012@verizon.net">jacobsworld_2012@verizon.net</a>'" <<a href="mailto:jacobsworld_2012@verizon.net">jacobsworld_2012@verizon.net</a>>, "'<a href="mailto:cody.strube@live.com">cody.strube@live.com</a>'" <<a href="mailto:cody.strube@live.com">cody.strube@live.com</a>>, "'<a href="mailto:cdvoss@gmail.com">cdvoss@gmail.com</a>'" <<a href="mailto:cdvoss@gmail.com">cdvoss@gmail.com</a>>, "'<a href="mailto:cjohnsto330@gmail.com">cjohnsto330@gmail.com</a>'" <<a href="mailto:cjohnsto330@gmail.com">cjohnsto330@gmail.com</a>>, "'<a href="mailto:mfowler2@leomail.tamuc.edu">mfowler2@leomail.tamuc.edu</a>'" <<a href="mailto:mfowler2@leomail.tamuc.edu">mfowler2@leomail.tamuc.edu</a>>, "'Bernadette Johnson'" <<a href="mailto:b.johnson254@hotmail.com">b.johnson254@hotmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Physics and Astronomy Colloquium This Thursday</b><br><br></div></blockquote><div><span></span></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:26.0pt;color:#339966">Spring 2016 Colloquium
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#00B050">Feb. 11, Thursdays, 4-5pm in Science 127 (coffee and cookies served at 3:50pm)<br>
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all colloquia</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt">Physics education research and the upper division
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;color:#000099">Prof. Michael Loverude, California State University Fullerton<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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Michael Loverude is professor of physics at California State University Fullerton, as well as the director of the Catalyst Center for the Advancement of Research in Science and Math Education. He earned his PhD in Physics Education Research in 1999 at the
University of Washington under the direction of Dr. Lillian McDermott. His recent research has focused on studying the teaching and learning of physics in middle division physics courses, including thermal and statistical physics and mathematical methods.
He recently served as guest editor for the Focused Collection on Physics Education Research at
<i>Physical Review Special Topics: Physics Education Research. </i>More information about Prof. Loverude and his research can be found at
<i> <a href="http://physics.fullerton.edu/component/zoo/item/dr-michael-e-loverude">http://physics.fullerton.edu/component/zoo/item/dr-michael-e-loverude</a><o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Physics education research (PER) came of age largely in the context of introductory-level college courses that serve students who are primarily non-physics majors, including engineering students and preservice teachers. More recently,
a number of researchers have extended this focus into the middle- and upper-division courses taken by physics majors. The apparent assumption in courses at this level has been that these students are well matched to the lecture-based traditional curriculum
and that deep understanding would naturally follow from mastery of mathematical techniques. In this talk, we examine those assumptions and the response of physics majors in upper-division courses to research-based instructional strategies as well as standard
and modified assessment strategies. <o:p></o:p></p>
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