Rick:
Have you seen this? I thought you might be interested.
Linda
At 11:37 PM 7/23/2007, you wrote:
>IFETS and PBL discussion list subscribers may be may interested in a
>recent post "A Conversation With Eric Mazur" [Hake (2007a)].
>
>The abstract reads:
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>ABSTRACT: I discuss a recent New York Times report by Claudia Dreifus
>(2007) titled "A Conversation With Eric Mazur: Using the 'Beauties of
>Physics' to Conquer Science Illiteracy." During the conversation Mazur
>states: "I did what everyone else did: lectures. And the feedback was
>positive.. . . . when I gave them . . [the Halloun-Hestenes (HH) (1985a)
>concept-based exam]. . . about half had no clue as to what Newtonian
>mechanics were about." Mazur then shifted to "Peer Instruction," an
>interactive-engagement type of pedagogy that resulted in much larger
>pre-to-post test gains on the HH test. Are there valid and consistently
>reliable diagnostic tests of conceptual understanding in other
>disciplines (developed by experts in those disciplines), comparable to the
>HH test in physics, that might be used to gauge the need for, and the
>effects of, reform pedagogy? Yes, sources of references to high quality
>conceptual tests in Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Economics, Engineering,
>Geoscience, and Math are given for instructors who may wish to formatively
>assess the cognitive impact of their courses by means of pre/post testing.
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>To see the complete post simply click on <http://tinyurl.com/2zo3pz>.
>
>BTW, there may also be some interest in "Over Sixty Academic Discussion
>Lists: List Addresses and URL's for Archives & Search Engines" [Hake (2007b)].
>
>Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
>24245 Hatteras Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
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><http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake>
><http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi>
>
>REFERENCES
>Hake, R.R. 2007a. "A Conversation With Eric Mazur," post of 23 Jul 2007
>17:10:06-0700 to AERA-L; online at <http://tinyurl.com/2zo3pz>.
>
>Hake, R.R. 2007b. "Over Sixty Academic Discussion Lists: List Addresses
>and URL's for Archives & Search Engines," online at
><http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/ADL-B.pdf> (580 kB), or
><http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/ADL-C.pdf>, or (if both fail) as
>ref. 49 at <http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake>.
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