[Phys-L] Re: direct instruction instead of hands-on learning?

[jbellina <jbellina@SAINTMARYS.EDU>]

This is article about the Klaar experiment at Carnegie Mellon that
misrepresented guided inquiry and direct instruction and then
concluded that what he called direct instruction gave better results
than what he called inquiry.  Lots of heat, very little light.

joe

Joseph J. Bellina, Jr. Ph.D.
Professor of Physics
Saint Mary's College
Notre Dame, IN 46556

On Jan 17, 2006, at 6:55 PM, Larry Smith wrote:

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> At 1:05 AM -0500 11/10/04, edweek.org wrote:
> > NCLB Could Alter Science Teaching
> > When it comes to science instruction, do students learn best by
> > doing, or
> > by "direct instruction?" The federal No Child Left Behind Act
> > provides
> > some powerful incentives for the direct approach, observers say.
> > http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2004/11/10/11science.h24.html
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