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[Phys-L] Re: Research on Student Response Systems



I had thought the problem with Eric was that it dealt with education,
not physics, so somehow research by physical science folks didnt' fit
their mission....or am I mistaken.

cheers,

joe

John Clement wrote:

3) The fact that the search turns up only dozens of studies,
not thousands of studies, should tell you something.



I think that the implication in this line is entirely unwarranted. The
number of studies neither suggests low or high validity of the studies. One
thing that you should be aware of is that virtually none of the PER research
is listed in ERIC, so the database has some large holes.

The number of articles could indicate the subject is new, not popular, or
the journals have not submitted the abstracts to ERIC.

John M. Clement
Houston, TX




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