Arons 2.1-2.7

SOCS - I

I can now realize the need of fine tuning a lesson so that students can understand the subtle differences between time instance and time interval or position and distance.

Arons

McDermott's Mismatch

SOCS-I

From 1993, McDermott expands on Hestenes work from 15 years earlier and tells that teachers are doing it wrong.  Traditional lecture teaching is not helping students learn physics.

(McDermott)

I have read some of McDermott's books "Physics by Inquiry" and agree with her thoughts and doubts about traditional teaching.  About eight years ago, I took some grad level science education classes at WSU and they pushed the whole inquiry thing hard.  That was about the time when the HSCE had just come out and that was being pushed hard from my district.  I really didn't buy into the inquiry/conceptual change/constructivistic teaching so hitting 130 some standards in 180 days continued to be tradition but since reading a lot of the same Physics Education Research people has me wondering and changing.

FCI Article SOCS-P

SOCS - P

Always interesting that students believe a force continues to act on an object after impact.  I always think of Carleton Fisk's World Series home run and he continuing the swing.

(Hestenes)

SOCS C #1

I found it interesting Hestenes saw a problem with the division of science in high schools instead of taking time to teach science thinking.  And it misses out with math.

(Hestenes)