Nathan Belcher
Tracking Student Progress and Intensity of Classes — Connecting These Ideas to Student Learning
As a teacher, how do you know your students are learning?
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Nathan Belcher
- May 27, 2023
- 1 min
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.
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Nathan Belcher
- May 26, 2023
- 1 min
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...
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Nathan Belcher
- May 10, 2022
- 1 min
An “Accelerated Physics” Course — Combining AP Physics 1 and NGSS
A detailed course document for an Accelerated Physics course.
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Nathan Belcher
- May 1, 2022
- 2 min
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...
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Nathan Belcher
- Sep 17, 2019
- 1 min
Resources: Learning and Practice
Written and video sources on learning and practice.
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Nathan Belcher
- Apr 13, 2019
- 3 min
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...
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Nathan Belcher
- Jan 13, 2019
- 2 min
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...
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Nathan Belcher
- Sep 6, 2018
- 1 min
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...
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Nathan Belcher
- Mar 2, 2018
- 12 min
A Brief History of U.S. Science Education--Leading to Modeling Instruction
Historical Context Prior to the mid-1800s, science and science education in the United States existed in an unstructured manner. However,...
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