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Tracking Student Progress and Intensity of Classes — Connecting These Ideas to Student Learning
As a teacher, how do you know your students are learning?
Nathan Belcher
Sep 4, 20231 min read
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The Fundamentals of Practice — Maximizing Learning with High-Impact Types of Practice
Here’s how to effectively to organize and use high-impact types of practice to learn more quickly.
Nathan Belcher
May 27, 20231 min read
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A Philosophy of Learning and Education — Focusing on the Role and Importance of Conceptual Models
The foundational idea for this philosophy of learning and education is that all humans can learn. Humans organize sets of knowledge and...
Nathan Belcher
May 26, 20231 min read
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How to Learn — When You Are in the Advanced Stage
When you are in the advanced stage, use this guide to structure your learning.
Nathan Belcher
Jan 23, 20231 min read
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AP Physics C - Course Organization for 2022-2023
A full course organization for AP Physics C.
Nathan Belcher
Aug 10, 20221 min read
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How to Learn When You Are at an Intermediate Level
As you progress past being a beginner, how do you continue to learn?
Nathan Belcher
Jun 13, 20221 min read
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How to Learn — When You Are in the Beginning Stage
When you are in the beginning stage of learning, use this guide to structure your learning.
Nathan Belcher
May 23, 20221 min read
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An “Accelerated Physics” Course — Combining AP Physics 1 and NGSS
A detailed course document for an Accelerated Physics course.
Nathan Belcher
May 10, 20221 min read
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Instructional Design for Science Teachers: Using the Idea of Mental Models to Drive Learning
This brief guide helps science teachers design instruction for maximum learning. How does a teacher organize instruction to maximize...
Nathan Belcher
May 1, 20222 min read
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Stuck in a Performance Plateau?
Use this Guide to Break Through the Plateau and Maximize Your Ability
Nathan Belcher
Mar 19, 20221 min read
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Learning, Fast and Slow
Use the power of mental models to increase the progress of your learning goals.
Nathan Belcher
Mar 14, 20221 min read
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You’ve Never Read the Best Book on Writing
This system shows you how to earn the trust of your readers so they can focus on the ideas you present
Nathan Belcher
Mar 14, 20221 min read
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AP Physics C: Mechanics and Electricity and Magnetism - Course Outline for 2020-2021
This post describes the past and future course plans for AP Physics C: Mechanics and Electricity and Magnetism.
Nathan Belcher
Jul 29, 20203 min read
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Resources: Learning and Practice
Written and video sources on learning and practice.
Nathan Belcher
Sep 17, 20191 min read
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Learning and Models
Humans are model-making machines—one author suggests that instead of Homo sapiens, we should be called “Homo modelus” [1]. In order to...
Nathan Belcher
Apr 13, 20193 min read
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New Information - Models and Schedule in AP Physics C: Mechanics
If you are curious about how I structured my AP Physics C: Mechanics course in the Fall 2018 semester, please see the first document in...
Nathan Belcher
Jan 13, 20192 min read
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Organization of Models in AP Physics C: Mechanics
One of the most challenging—yet rewarding—aspects of teaching is reviewing a course to make improvements for the following year. This...
Nathan Belcher
Sep 6, 20181 min read
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Process for Implementing, Developing, or Modifying a Course
One of the challenging parts of teaching is the expectation that a teacher should be proficient at every part of teaching. This is the...
Nathan Belcher
May 31, 20183 min read
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Reflections on the second year of using Modeling Instruction in AP Physics C: Mechanics and Electric
After completing my dissertation research in the 2016-2017 school year, I used the results from the research to change the AP Physics C:...
Nathan Belcher
May 2, 20184 min read
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Modeling Theory of Cognition - Theoretical Foundation of Modeling Instruction
One of the reasons I greatly appreciate Modeling Instruction is the underlying Modeling Theory of Cognition developed by Dr. David...
Nathan Belcher
Mar 30, 20185 min read
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