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Re: Ideocosmology

(Sorry about the misfired response)

At 08:31 3/21/98 -0700, Richard Hake wrote:
....
ATTACHMENT (abstract of AJP 66, 64 (1998).

... Results for 30
(N = 3259) of the above 62 courses on the problem-solving Mechanics
Baseline test of Hestenes-Wells imply that IE strategies enhance
problem-solving ability.....


Hmmmm: and I suppose results for 32 of 62 courses on the p-s MB test
of H-W imply that IE strategies do not enhance problem-solving ability?


(This is an example of the interactive science dialog mode. It is
rather difficult to carry off successfully - less capable exponents
[like me,] can raise one's blood-pressure unpleasantly, elicit epithets
like 'smart-ass' and so on.)

Serious mode ON: Any hints on interactivity strategies that instructors
can deal with equably?

Whatcott Altus