Hsu and Heller awarded Center for Educational Innovation grant

HsuL-2012Leon Hsu, associate professor in the Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning, and Kenneth Heller, professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy have received an Experiments in Learning Innovation Grant from the University’s Center for Educational Innovation. The grant will support the construction and assessment of computer coaches designed to help introductory physics students develop good problem-solving skills by providing them with coaching while they solve problems. A key feature of the coaches is their ability to be customized by individual instructors without any specialized programming knowledge to suit their own preferences.