Presentations

Invited Talks at Conferences
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J.M. Saul, "Active learning in large classes: Lessons from the SCALE-UP project," AAPT Announcer 30 (2), 132 (2000).
J.M. Saul, "Teaching Assistant Preparation: The Graduate Student Perspective," AAPT Announcer 26 (4), 68 (1996).  
E.F. Redish, R.N. Steinberg, and J.M. Saul, "The Distribution and Change of Student Expectations in Introductory Physics," in AIP Conf. Proc. No. 399: The Changing Role of Physics Departments in Modern Universities: Proceedings of the International Conference on Undergraduate Physics Education, edited by E.F. Redish and J.S. Rigden (AIP, Woodbury NY, 1997).  
"Physics Education Research at the University of Central Florida: A Mechanism for change," after dinner talk to the Florida Section of the AAPT at St. Petersburg Junior College, Palm Harbor FL, October 6, 2000.  
   
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PROJECT REPORTS    
"An Evaluation of the Workshop Physics Dissemination Project," J.M. Saul and E.F. Redish, Final Project Evaluation for FIPSE Grant #P116P50026 (1998).  

"SCALE-UP ," J.M. Saul, Annual Report for NSF Grant (1999).  
     

 

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PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
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"Can one lab make a difference?," D.S. Abbott, J.M. Saul, G.W. Parker, and R.J. Beichner, Phys. Ed. Res. Suppl. to Am. J. Phys. 68 (7 S1), S60-61 (2000).  
"Introduction to SCALE-UP: Student Centered Activities for Large Enrollment University Physics," R.J. Beichner J.M. Saul, , R.J. Allain, D.L. Deardorff, and D.S. Abbott, Proceedings of the 2000 Annual meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education.  
"Evaluating introductory physics classes in light of the ABET criteria: An example from the SCALE-UP project," J.M. Saul, D.S. Abbott, R.J. Allain, D.L. Deardorff, and R.J. Beichner, Proceedings of the 2000 Annual meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education. (Winner of the ASEE best paper award for Professional Interest Council IV)  
"Introduction to SCALE-UP: Student Centered Activities for Large Enrollment University Physics," R.J. Beichner J.M. Saul, , R.J. Allain, D.L. Deardorff, and D.S. Abbott, Proceedings of the 2000 Annual meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education.  
"Student expectations in introductory physics," E. F. Redish, J. M. Saul, and R. N. Steinberg, Am. J. Phys. 66, 212-224 (1998).
"On the effectiveness of active-engagement microcomputer-based laboratories," E. F. Redish, J. M. Saul, and R. N. Steinberg, Am. J. Phys. 65, 45-54 (1997).
     

Books & Chapters

R. McGrew, J. Saul, and C. Teague, Instructor's Manual with Solutions for R.A. Serway and R.J. Beichner, Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 5th Ed. (Saunders College Publishing, Philadelphia PA, 2000).
R. Serway, J.M. Saul, and R. Allain, Hints, Tips and Problems for Teaching Introductory Physics (Saunders College Publishing, Philadelphia PA, in press).
R.J. Beichner and J.M. Saul, "Assessment" in E.F. Redish (ed.), Introduction to Physics Education Research, in progress (to be completed Fall 2000).