Re: [Phys-l] Fwd: OAPT: I just saw this on Ottawa Citizen

[Tom Sandin <sandint@ncat.edu>]

From hearing Dr. Wieman speak here and from what I've been reading 
about this method through the years, it seems like this article might 
not be "old news". What I've seen in the past were courses structured 
so that fewer topics were covered. thus increasing the time per 
topic. Then, with less to learn, students do better.
It seems like this time the same amount of material was covered in 
the two sections.
If so, this article would be giving us "new news".
Of course, my understanding of the material covered situation could 
be wrong. No one has used that method to teach me about it.
Tom Sandin


At 10:26 AM -0400 5/23/11, Dan L. MacIsaac wrote:
> from the Ontario Assn of Physics Teachers (Ontario section of AAPT) listserv
> Dan M
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> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: Patrick Whippey <pwhippey@rogers.com>
> Date: May 22, 2011 10:19:29 AM EDT
> To: Patrick Whippey <pwhippey@uwo.ca>
> Subject: OAPT: I just saw this on Ottawa Citizen
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> From: Richard Taylor
> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 9:14 PM
> Subject: Fwd: I just saw this on Ottawa Citizen
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> Old news to you guys, but nice to see it covered in our local newspaper:
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> http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Interactive+teaching+methods+engage+students+study+finds/4785578/story.html
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