BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CERN//INDICO//EN BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Active Learning in Thermal and Statistical Physics at the Universi ty of the Witwatersrand DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120711T091500Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120711T093500Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260712T023551Z UID:indico-contribution-46-664@events.saip.org.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Jonathan Keartland (University of the Witwatersrand) \nhttps://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/664/ LOCATION: URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/664/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Probing students’ problem-solving ability in physics – a possi ble role for a typology of errors DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120711T085500Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120711T091500Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260712T023551Z UID:indico-contribution-46-667@events.saip.org.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Douglas Clerk (School of Physics\, University of the Witwatersrand)\nhttps://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/667/ LOCATION: URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/667/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Setswana Astronomical Nomenclature as a Tool in (Astro)Physics Edu cation DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120712T090000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120712T092000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260712T023551Z UID:indico-contribution-46-707@events.saip.org.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Lerothodi Leeuw (University of Johannesburg)\nhttps: //events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/707/ LOCATION: URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/707/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Is Foundation Provision the solution to first year students’ per formance? DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120712T070000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120712T072000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260712T023551Z UID:indico-contribution-46-730@events.saip.org.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Buyi Sondezi-Mhlungu (University of Johannesburg)\nh ttps://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/730/ LOCATION: URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/730/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Investigation of the understanding of heat-time graphs by extended program students at the Mamelodi Campus of the University of Pretoria DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120711T151000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120711T153000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260712T023551Z UID:indico-contribution-46-742@events.saip.org.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: CABLE MOJI (UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA)\nhttps://events. saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/742/ LOCATION: URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/742/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:How much do first year physics students really understand? An entr y-level test DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120711T145000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120711T151000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260712T023551Z UID:indico-contribution-46-826@events.saip.org.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Paul Molefe (University of Johannesburg)\nhttps://ev ents.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/826/ LOCATION: URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/826/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Use of Models and Simulation in the Teaching of Thermal Physic s DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120712T100000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120712T102000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260712T023551Z UID:indico-contribution-46-865@events.saip.org.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Spencer Wheaton (University of Cape Town)\nhttps://e vents.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/865/ LOCATION: URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/865/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Incorporating an engineering project into an augmented Physics cou rse DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120712T124000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120712T130000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260712T023551Z UID:indico-contribution-46-867@events.saip.org.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Diane Grayson (University of Pretoria)\nhttps://even ts.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/867/ LOCATION: URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/867/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Physics III Laboratory Module at the University of the Witwatersra nd DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120710T125000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120710T131000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260712T023551Z UID:indico-contribution-46-891@events.saip.org.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Jonathan Keartland (University of the Witwatersrand) \nhttps://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/891/ LOCATION: URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/891/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Physics Education Division Group Meeting DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120712T121000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120712T124000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260712T023551Z UID:indico-contribution-46-942@events.saip.org.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Sam Ramaila (University of Johannesburg)\nhttps://ev ents.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/942/ LOCATION: URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/942/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Investigating the causes of unsatisfactory performance on the Phys ics section involving vectors in basic mechanics DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120711T093500Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120711T095500Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260712T023551Z UID:indico-contribution-46-992@events.saip.org.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Paul Molefe (University of Johannesburg)\nhttps://ev ents.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/992/ LOCATION: URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/992/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The symmetry of Gauss’s law and Ampère’s law DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120711T060000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120711T062000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260712T023551Z UID:indico-contribution-46-1014@events.saip.org.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Ted Kroon (University of the Free State)\nhttps://ev ents.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1014/ LOCATION: URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1014/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Correlation between first year physics students’ understanding o f the nature of science (NOS) and their academic performance DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120711T143000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120711T145000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260712T023551Z UID:indico-contribution-46-1050@events.saip.org.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Vonani Baloyi (University of Pretoria)\nhttps://even ts.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1050/ LOCATION: URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1050/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:An evaluation of students’ performance in a typical first year n on-calculus based Mechanics Module DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120711T064000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120711T070000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260712T023551Z UID:indico-contribution-46-1077@events.saip.org.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Deena Naidoo (School of Physics\, University of the Witwatersrand)\nhttps://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1077/ LOCATION: URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1077/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The problem of motivation: what students want\, what students need \, and what works well within a Physics context. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120711T070000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120711T072000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260712T023551Z UID:indico-contribution-46-1086@events.saip.org.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Paul Vaandrager (University of Pretoria)\nhttps://ev ents.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1086/ LOCATION: URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1086/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:An informal teaching of light and lasers through the CSIR-NLC PULS E programme DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120710T090000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120710T092000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260712T023551Z UID:indico-contribution-46-1093@events.saip.org.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Lerato Shikwambana (CSIR-NLC)\nhttps://events.saip.o rg.za/event/14/contributions/1093/ LOCATION: URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1093/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Making problem solving in physics explicit DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120710T100000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120710T102000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260712T023551Z UID:indico-contribution-46-1112@events.saip.org.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Mark Herbert (University of the Western Cape)\nhttps ://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1112/ LOCATION: URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1112/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The missing link between conceptual theories and reasoning DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120712T060000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120712T062000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260712T023551Z UID:indico-contribution-46-1122@events.saip.org.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: John Motsoeneng (University of Pretoria)\nhttps://ev ents.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1122/ LOCATION: URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1122/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Identifying and Nurturing Future Scientists: From High School to Undergraduate Research Program and onwards to PhD and science-related care ers. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120712T064000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120712T070000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260712T023551Z UID:indico-contribution-46-1128@events.saip.org.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Azwinndini Muronga (UNiversity of Johannesburg)\nhtt ps://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1128/ LOCATION: URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1128/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Adjusting the height of the hurdle DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120710T133000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120710T135000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260712T023551Z UID:indico-contribution-46-1149@events.saip.org.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Johan van der Merwe (Military Academy)\nhttps://even ts.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1149/ LOCATION: URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1149/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Practicals make percentage: A student’s perspective DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120710T131000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120710T133000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260712T023551Z UID:indico-contribution-46-1157@events.saip.org.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Jacques Bezuidenhout (Stellenboch University)\nhttps ://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1157/ LOCATION: URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1157/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Using Clickers as a tool in classroom instruction to facilitate st udent learning DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120710T123000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120710T125000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260712T023551Z UID:indico-contribution-46-1171@events.saip.org.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Mark Herbert (University of the Western Cape)\nhttps ://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1171/ LOCATION: URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1171/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The African School of Fundamental Physics and its Applications DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120710T094000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120710T100000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260712T023551Z UID:indico-contribution-46-1177@events.saip.org.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Ketevi Adikle Assamagan (University of Johannesburg/ Brookhaven National Laboratory)\nhttps://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contr ibutions/1177/ LOCATION: URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1177/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Exploring large group dynamics DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120711T062000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120711T064000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260712T023551Z UID:indico-contribution-46-1181@events.saip.org.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Sam Ramaila (University of Johannesburg)\nhttps://ev ents.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1181/ LOCATION: URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1181/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:National Senior Certificate results: Steady improvement versus out put quality DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120712T062000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120712T064000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260712T023551Z UID:indico-contribution-46-1182@events.saip.org.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Sam Ramaila (University of Johannesburg)\nhttps://ev ents.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1182/ LOCATION: URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1182/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Curriculum reform – Does it provide the divide between developed and developing countries? DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120710T092000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120710T094000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260712T023551Z UID:indico-contribution-46-1184@events.saip.org.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Sam Ramaila (University of Johannesburg)\nhttps://ev ents.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1184/ LOCATION: URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1184/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Best-fit Physics: Adapting presentations to diverse school backgro unds. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120712T092000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120712T094000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260712T023551Z UID:indico-contribution-46-1191@events.saip.org.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Derek Fish (Unizul Science Centre)\nhttps://events.s aip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1191/ LOCATION: URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1191/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Using Easy Java Simulations in the first year classroom DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120712T094000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120712T100000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260712T023551Z UID:indico-contribution-46-1199@events.saip.org.za DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Johan Janse van Rensburg (University of Pretoria)\nh ttps://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1199/ LOCATION: URL:https://events.saip.org.za/event/14/contributions/1199/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR