Tom Foster

Associate Professor of Physics
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Department of Physics
Edwardsville, IL, 62026-1654

Phone: 618-650-3049
Email: tfoster (the at symbol) siue.edu

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Current Academic Schedule           Current Work Appointments

Class Web Pages
    (I have switched to BlackBoard, so many of my classes are now here)

    Here are my courses with non-blackboard webpages

Astronomy: Fall 2000, Spring 2001, and Summer 2001

Astronomy Observing Sessions.  Podcast (under major construction)

Sci241

IS364: Atomic Bomb (Fall 2005, Fall 2006)

Background

Carnegie Mellon University Post-Doc, Center for Innovation In Learning 1998-2000
University of Minnesota Ph.D. Curriculum & Instruction (PER) 1993-2000
University of Minnesota M.S. Physics 1991-1996
Ohio State University B.S. Engineering Physics 1985-1990

Research Interests

            I am a proud member of SIUEs PACBER group <here>

      How students learn physics and astronomy

      How students solve physics and astronomy problems

      What classroom factors can hinder or help learning.

Links

   Physics Education Research

There are many PER groups around the world.  I would suggest going to this site where they keep their links current (unlike me)
University of Maryland, Physics Education Research

   Organizations

American Association of Physics Teachers:  AAPT
Illinois Section of the AAPT:  ISAAPT
St Louis Area Physics Teachers: SLAPT
National Science Teachers Association:  NSTA
Illinois Science Teachers Association:  ISTA
American Institute of Physics
Astronomical Society of the Pacific: ASP
Planetary Society
NAS
Institute of Physics
National Science Foundation 

   Personal information

My photos
Slacker Astronomy

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed on this page are strictly those of the page author.  The contents of this page have not been reviewed or approved by SIUE.

 URL: http://www.siue.edu/~tfoster.

 Last update: September 22, 2005

 Page owner: tfoster (at symbol) siue.edu