[Phys-L] Re: Aristotelian thinking among modern students
From: herbgottlieb at JUNO.COM (Herb Gottlieb)
Date: Fri Oct 21 17:33:59 2005
Dan MacIsaac wrote .............................................." Raise your expectations to help (your poor) students develop their reading skills if you're unsatisfied with these.
- don't use a book (c.f. Sadler & Tai's article on predicting success
in physics)".
Please clarify how raising expectations help such students develop their reading skills I have had such students in the past and other than giving them "incentives" and working with them on an individual, one-on-one basis could I make any progress with such students.
Herb Gottlieb
Dan M
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