Re: [Phys-l] Ashamed it is physicists and not learning scientists!

[Richard Hake <rrhake@earthlink.net>]

Some subscribers to Phys-L might be interested in a discussion-list 
post "Re: Ashamed it is physicists and not learning scientists!" 
[Hake (2011)].

The abstract reads:

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ABSTRACT: A NYT report on a "Science" article "Improved Learning in a 
Large-Enrollment Physics Class" [Deslauriers, Schelew, & Wieman 
(2011)] carried a remark by James Stigler: "the study is an important 
step in a journey that is long overdue, given the vast shortcomings 
of education as usual. "I think that the authors are pioneers in 
exploring and testing ways we can improve undergraduate teaching and 
learning," he said. "As a psychologist, I'm ashamed that it is 
physicists who are leading this effort, and not learning scientists." 

Stigler's comment elicited this lament from physics education 
research (PER) pioneer Robert Fuller: "Should someone at UCLA tell 
Stigler that physicists have been doing this type of research at 
least since Karplus and Arons in the 1960's?"
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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>

"Physics educators have led the way in developing and using objective 
tests to compare student learning gains in different types of 
courses, and chemists, biologists, and others are now developing 
similar instruments. These tests provide convincing evidence that 
students assimilate new knowledge more effectively in courses 
including active, inquiry-based, and collaborative learning, assisted 
by information technology, than in traditional courses."
        - Wood & Gentile (2003)

REFERENCES [URL's shortened by <http://bit.ly/> and accessed on 24 July 2011.]
Hake, R.R. 2011. "Re: Ashamed it is physicists and not learning 
scientists!" online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at 
<http://bit.ly/n6vdFd>. 25 Jul 2011 16:13:10 -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/q2M6CQ> with a provision for 
comments.

Wood, W.B., & J.M. Gentile. 2003. "Teaching in a research context," 
Science 302: 1510; 28 November; an abstract is online at 
<http://bit.ly/9qGR6m>.