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Teachers Bare All
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Five (Easy) Lessons for Physics Teachers
from Physics Education Research
The following five "lessons" are reproduced directly from
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FIVE EASY LESSONS: |
with the kind permission of the publisher.
| LESSON ONE |
Keep Students Actively Engaged
and Provide Rapid Feedback. |
p. 42
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| LESSON TWO |
Focus on Phenomena
Rather than Abstractions. |
p. 42
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| LESSON THREE |
Deal Explicitly with
Students' Alternative Conceptions. |
p. 43
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| LESSON FOUR |
Teach and Use Explicit
Problem-Solving Skills and Strategies. |
p. 44
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| LESSON FIVE |
Write Homework and Exam Problems that Go Beyond Symbol Manipulation to Engage Students in the Qualitative and Conceptual Analysis of Physical Phenomena.
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p. 44
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Chapter 3 of this book provides a summary of recent findings from Physics Education Research.
Chapter 4 describes 12 approaches for an Active-Learning Classroom.
26 March 2004 -- Tom Russell
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