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[Phys-L] Re: Partners in Innovation: Teaching Assistants in College Courses



Does he provide a summary of his conclusions?
Regards,
Jack



On Thu, 24 Nov 2005, Robert Beichner wrote:

On Nov 23, 2005, at 4:00 AM, Rick Tarara wrote:
Is there now any longitudinal data that shows how students react
when course after course is done in interactive mode?


Richard Felder did a study of just the sort you are talking about
(except this was done in a five semester Chemical Engineering
sequence rather than Physics).

Hope this is helpful.

Bob Beichner
NCSU Physics

R.M. Felder, "A Longitudinal Study of Engineering Student Performance
and Retention. IV. Instructional Methods and Student Responses to
Them," J. Engr. Education, 84(4), 361-367 (1995). Instructional
methods designed to reach the full spectrum of learning styles, as
applied in an ongoing longitudinal study of engineering students.
R.M. Felder, G.N. Felder, and E.J. Dietz, "A Longitudinal Study of
Engineering Student Performance and Retention. V. Comparisons with
Traditionally-Taught Students" J. Engr. Education, 87(4), 469-480
(1998). Performance and attitude differences between students taught
with an active/cooperative learning model and students taught with a
traditional instructor-centered model.


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