{"title":"Teaching Physics to Life Sciences Students in the SCALE-UP Style","authors":"Ganga P. Sharma, Shantanu Chakraborty, Bilas Paul","doi":"arxiv-2408.01467","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Physics has a reputation among majority of life sciences students for being\nvery complicated and tough. If we leave students with this impression, it is\nlikely that students see physics class as useless and irrelevant to life\nsciences. Concepts of physics are vital in oder to understand physics based\ntechnological tools and biophysical topics essential and relevant for life\nsciences. This review summarizes approaches for improving teaching and learning\nin introductory physics courses to life science students in the SCALE- UP\nstyle. We also discuss our experiences in adapting IPLS Courses to better meet\nthe needs of life sciences students. to better meet the needs of life sciences\nstudents.","PeriodicalId":501565,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Physics Education","volume":"57 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"arXiv - PHYS - Physics Education","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2408.01467","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Physics has a reputation among majority of life sciences students for being
very complicated and tough. If we leave students with this impression, it is
likely that students see physics class as useless and irrelevant to life
sciences. Concepts of physics are vital in oder to understand physics based
technological tools and biophysical topics essential and relevant for life
sciences. This review summarizes approaches for improving teaching and learning
in introductory physics courses to life science students in the SCALE- UP
style. We also discuss our experiences in adapting IPLS Courses to better meet
the needs of life sciences students. to better meet the needs of life sciences
students.