Weeks 1-4

I had 2 students in week 1, 2 students in week 2, 2 student in week 3, and 5 students in week 4. I have established 2 regulars! Most of the things we talk about are homework problems and video checkpoints. I act as a guide as they think through their problems, and let them make a mistake, but make sure they know why they made that mistake, and how to think to get on the right path. Mistakes made were about things like not being able to use trig to find the range given the initial projectile angle, or misusing the range and time equations by applying it to an asymmetrical trajectory. Other tips I gave were breaking apart a problem into easily identifiable/solvable pieces, and connecting the x and y components/organizing the information so that the x and y components do not get mixed up.

Aside from office hours, I held a review session for the exam. I advertised it as a session for tips on how to approach problems (mostly for new-to-physics students), and we ended up having to bring extra seats in from the room next door. Don't know how it ended up helping them (the exam scores aren't out yet), but I did go over common misconceptions regarding vectors and kinematics, and tips on how to save some time solving problems and connecting concepts to the equations.

Weeks 1-4

No students showed up the first week, but for weeks 2 and 3 a few started coming for help with the homework.  After helping them, I encouraged them to try the same problem with different numbers at a later time to ensure they had a thorough understanding of the concepts.  However most were able to do the problems on their own, there were just small mistakes in calculations.  Three students showed up week 4.  All of them had questions with the homework, which we went over.  After that a few of them wanted to review some concepts for their first exam.  Afterwards they had a better understanding of ballistic motion and the equations associated with it.

Weeks 4 & 5

Hi all!

Office hours have been very good for the students. During week 4, I had three students attend to go over some homework problems. During week 5, I had 7 students come in order to go over textbook problems for the exam they had on Friday. I went over a practice exam with them and helped them work through the recommended textbook problems. Overall, office hours have been going very well and attendance has been increasing.

Danielle Newman
Dr. Broccio MWF 1pm

Weeks 1-4

No students came to me the first 3 weeks of class. Last week I saw my first students who needed help. I also saw two students today, February 8th, the beginning of week 5 as my class has an exam tonight. We mainly worked through the assigned homework to ensure the students were getting the correct answers.

Nick Pelosi
Dr. Busche Phys 0110

Week 4

Office hours went well. I had my first opportunity to tutor students this week. On Tuesday, a student briefly stopped by to clarify the correct reasoning on a homework problem. On Wednesday, a student stopped by and we throughly practiced quantitative kinematics equations in both one and two dimensions for nearly an hour and a half. The student said he made significant progress in his understanding, and I would agree. He came back again today with a friend (Thursday) and we reviewed basic concepts involving vectors.

Broccio Phys 0110

-Nicholas Bascou

Weeks 1-3

Weeks 1-3 went well. I had a small number of students stop by my office hours with some questions pertaining to their first exam.  During the first 2 weeks no students attended my hours, but I posted on courseweb that I was available to help and a few students came during the 3rd week.  Our sessions together were productive and a I think I helped them gain a better understanding of tough concepts such as electric field and gauss's law.  I also helped to proctor the exam.

-Alex Connor

PHYS 0175 Paolone

Weeks 1-3

Hi all,

Office hours have been going well! I had three students attend during my first week of office hours, two attend during my second week, and two attend during my third. They mostly needed help with concepts and equation application when it came to the homework, which I was easily able to help them out with!

Danielle Newman
PHYS 0110 - Broccio