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From: phys-l-bounces@mail.phys-l.org [mailto:phys-l-bounces@mail.phys-l.org] On Behalf Of Aburr@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 5:12 PM
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Subject: [Phys-L] lectures vs --
Recently posts concerning lecture vs other procedures have made their appearance again.
I would appreciate comments on the following two observations.
There were something on the order of 600 presentations during the regular sessions of the recent AAPT annual meeting. They were almost exclusively poster or lecture presentations.
1. The number of poster presentations (a very small percentage of the total number) has been decreasing.
2. Almost all of the remainder were lectures (even those made by persons interested in physics educational research). If lectures are so bad, why are they so popular?