Journal (Week 10/4)

I had one person stop into my office hours this week. They are now learning Chapter 20, which is dealing with circuits, and that information is pretty straightforward so I don't think many students needed help with it. The one student that did stop in was asking more about notes that confused him. It turns out that there was a minor slip up in equation derivation, but we got it sorted out and I am going to bring it to the professors attention next lecture. 

No one showed up for the other UTA's office hours either, so I could not chime in on physics 0110 this week. It was a pretty slow Tuesday afternoon to say the least. The information is about to pick back up in difficulty though, so come next week I am sure there will be a bigger turn out of students to office hours. Until then, I will keep up to speed on their lectures and preparing for Tuesday of next week, which is already the second week in October! Crazy!

Week of 9/26

Monday was somewhat busy with two or three students asking for help, but I anticipated many more since they had their exam on Tuesday. Questions were primarily conceptual, and a few students were still confused about sign notation and direction.

No one came in for help on Friday.

Week 5

Only 1 student came to my office hours this week. This wasn't unusual as the students had an exam the prior week. We went over some homework problems that needed to be addressed.

Nick Pelosi
Dr. Broccio Phys 0110

Week 5

The students had their exam on Monday of this week. That being said, my office hours were very busy on Monday, but almost no one showed up to my office hours later in the week. I make sure to do the homework every week because students only come to me with questions about the homework.

Week of 9/26

This past week I only had one student come in for help on Wednesday and no one came in for help on Thursday. I was able to talk through two forces problems and one kinematics problem with the student with relatively no trouble. She understood the concepts after about five minutes of discussion and explanation.

Week 5

I'm getting used to seeing the same students every week. At my Friday office hours, I had three girls who had a lot of the same questions, so it was interesting teaching them together. They were also able to teach each other and I think it went well since they were all good communicators. I have met a few students who more-or-less know what they're doing but confuse others when they try to help. I try to slow them down to break down concepts, but it's a bit difficult to deal with when they often confuse other students.

Week of 9/26

This week I had one person come in at the end of my Monday office hours. She had one question and it was about homework. I was surprised, because I thought students would show up the day before the test. I had two students on Thursday and two on Friday. Most of the questions about the homework. It seemed like students had a basic understanding of what forces are and they were able to draw free body diagrams. Students had some trouble with problems that required the use of kinematic equations and then required students to use force concepts. The best way to deal with these problem is to break it up into the two physics concepts first and do each part separately.