[Phys-l] 'The 'Teacher Effect' - Response to Hansen #2

[Richard Hake <rrhake@earthlink.net>]

Some subscribers to Phys-L might be interested in discussion-list 
post "The 'Teacher Effect' - Response to Hansen #2" [Hake (2011b)].

The abstract reads:

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ABSTRACT:  In response to "Is the 'Teacher Effect' the Dominant 
Factor in Students 'Academic Gain?" [Hake (2011a)], Math-Teach's 
Robert Hansen wrote (paraphrasing):

"Is there a complete high-school assessment endorsed by PER [Physics 
Education Research]? The FCI [Force Concept Inventory] assesses only 
one component of physics and I think that keeps people, especially 
physicists, from getting too excited over normalized gains on the 
FCI."

Hansen is either dismissive or oblivious of the fact that PER is 
concerned with (a) students' conceptual understanding,  (b) students' 
ability to solve non-algorithmic problems, and (c) at least 10 other 
capabilities listed in this post.  I suggest over 30 references to 
the PER literature that might reduce Hansen's confusion.
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Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands
President, PEdants for Definitive Academic References which Recognize the
      Invention of the Internet (PEDARRII)
<rrhake@earthlink.net>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake>
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<http://HakesEdStuff.blogspot.com>
<http://iub.academia.edu/RichardHake>

"The premium so often put in schools upon external 'discipline,' and 
upon marks and rewards, upon promotion and keeping back, are the 
obverse of the lack of attention given to life situations in which 
the meaning of facts, ideas, principles, and problems is vitally 
brought home."
   John Dewey (1916)



REFERENCES [All URL's accessed on 14 April 2011 and shortened by 
<http://bit.ly/>.]

Dewey, J. 1916. "The Nature of Realization or Appreciation" in 
"Democracy and Education: an Introduction to the Philosophy of 
Education," online at <http://bit.ly/evICPb>, Chapter 18, Educational 
Values, Section 1.1.

Hake, R.R. 2011a. "Is the 'Teacher Effect' the Dominant Factor in 
Students' Academic Gain?" online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at 
<http://bit.ly/g6UWUZ>. Post of 7 Apr 2011 17:51:59-0700 to AERA-L 
and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post were 
transmitted to various discussion lists and are also on my blog 
"Hake'sEdStuff" at <http://bit.ly/ifvkSz>.

Hake, R.R. 2011b. "The 'Teacher Effect' - Response to Hansen #2," 
online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at <http://bit.ly/eh6sge>. Post 
of 16 Apr 2011 13:43:41 -0700  to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract 
and link to the complete post are being transmitted to various 
discussion lists and are also on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at 
<http://bit.ly/efQg1g>.