Student Learning through Independent Projects in Introductory Optics

Marta L. Dark; Chloe M. Merriweather

doi:10.1364/ETOP.2021.W4A.5

Education and Training in Optics & Photonics Conference 2021
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2021),
paper W4A.5
•https://doi.org/10.1364/ETOP.2021.W4A.5

Student Learning through Independent Projects in Introductory Optics

Marta L. Dark and Chloe M. Merriweather

Education and Training in Optics and Photonics 2021

Washington, DC United States
8–10 September 2021
ISBN: 978-1-943580-98-9

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Curriculum Development and Improvement in Optics and Photonics I (W4A)

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M. L. Dark and C. M. Merriweather, "Student Learning through Independent Projects in Introductory Optics," in Education and Training in Optics & Photonics Conference 2021, A. Danner, A. Poulin-Girard, and N. Wong, eds., OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2021), paper W4A.5.

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Abstract

During a semester-long introductory optics course, each student is required to develop an experimental optics-related project from proposal to completion. We present outcomes on student learning from this multi-week, student-driven course component.

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