Some subscribers to Phys-L might be interested in a recent post
"Effective Teachers Need Pedagogical Content Knowledge" [Hake
(2013)]. The abstract reads:
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ABSTRACT: Phil Sadler alerted the PhysLrnR list to "The Influence of
Teachers' Knowledge on Student Learning in Middle School Physical
Science Classrooms" [Sadler et al. (2013)] online to subscribers at
<http://bit.ly/11bvLtS>. That article suggests that "a teacher's
ability to identify students' most common wrong answer on
multiple-choice items, A FORM OF PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE, is an
additional measure of science teacher competence." [My CAPS.]
That *pedagogical content knowledge* is important for *effective*
teaching was emphasized in Lesson #7 of "Lessons from the Physics
Education Reform Effort" [Hake (2002)] at <http://bit.ly/aL87VT>:
"Teachers who possess both content knowledge and 'pedagogical content
knowledge' are more apt to deliver effective instruction."
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"It ain't what you don't know that gives you trouble, it's what you
know that ain't so."
- According to Wikiquote <http://bit.ly/128Eb22>: "Frequently
attributed to Mark Twain, and often to Will Rogers. . . .[[as does
Science News]]. . . ., Satchel Paige, Artemus Ward, as well as
others."
REFERENCES [URL's shortened by <http://bit.ly/> and accessed on 06 May 2013.]
Hake, R.R. 2013. "Effective Teachers Need Pedagogical Content
Knowledge" online on the OPEN! Net-Gold archives at
<http://yhoo.it/13Zh89O>. Post of 6 May 2013 13:13:17-0700. The
abstract and link to the complete post are being transmitted to
several discussion lists and are on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at
<http://bit.ly/10iaGw8> with a provision for comments.