IPLS Talks

The Swarthmore PER AAPT/PERC Summer Meeting 2024 talks and posters are linked to this page.

Invited and Juried Talks from Swarthmore IPLS/PER Group

Catherine Crouch, “Supporting interdisciplinary, enduring learning: Strategy and results from introductory physics for the life sciences,” invited talk Amherst College (April 2023) slides

Catherine Crouch, “Leveraging interdisciplinary connections and framing to boost interest in service courses,” invited talk for the Harvard University Learning Incubator (March 2023). slides

Benjamin D. Geller, “The impact of IPLS in a senior biology capstone course,” juried talk at the virtual X-Discipline Based Education Research (X-DBER) conference, University of Nebraska, Lincoln (2021).

Catherine Crouch, “Introductory Physics for the Life Sciences: Design Principles, Resources, and Community,” invited talk at 2019 APS March Meeting, session C60, Boston, MA, 4 March 2019. slides

Benjamin D. Geller, “Transformative experience in a physics course designed to facilitate connections with biology,” juried talk at the Physics Education Research Conference, Washington, D.C. (2018).

Catherine Crouch’s full list of talks is provided on her CV.

Contributed Talks from Swarthmore IPLS/PER Group

2023 AAPT/PERC talks and posters are linked to this page.

2020 AAPT/PERC talks and posters are linked to this page.

2019 AAPT/PERC talks and posters are linked to this page.

“Unpacking the sources of student interest in an IPLS course,” Geller, Turpen, Renninger, Wisittanawat, and Crouch, presented at the summer 2015 American Association of Physics Teachers meeting, College Park, MD.

“Traditional physics versus IPLS:  Comparing student interest and engagement,” Williams, Geller, Turpen, Renninger, and Crouch, presented at the summer 2015 American Association of Physics Teachers meeting, College Park, MD.

“Life Science Students Learning Physics with Life Science Examples,” Renninger, Wisittanawat, Cai, and Crouch, presented as part of a symposium at the April 2015 American Educational Research Association conference.

Workshops

co-organized AAPT March 2014 Workshop on IPLS, 

co-organized AAPT Summer Meeting 2013: Reforming the Introductory Physics Course for Life Science Majors  (co-organizer: Ralf Widenhorn, Portland State University)

  • materials presented: Optical Instruments lab PDF (366 KB)
  • course syllabus
  • slides for panel presentation PDF (251 KB)

AAPT Summer Meeting 2012: Reforming the Introductory Physics Course for Life Science Majors  (organizer: Dawn Meredith, University of New Hampshire)

AAPT Summer Meeting 2010: Biology and Medicine-Inspired Laboratories (organizer: Mark Reeves, George Washington University)