[Phys-L] Problems vs Exercises

[Derek Chirnside <derek.chirnside@gmail.com>]

Dan, re your comment below, do you have a reference for this?
I Googled Mazur, problems exercises.

-Derek


On 13 July 2013 05:50, Dan L. MacIsaac <danmacisaac@gmail.com> wrote:

> Mazur usefully discriminates between problems and exercises.
>
> On first encounter, it's a problem.  After repetition, it becomes an
> exercise.
>
> I believe that a  technique or algorithm turns a problem into an exercise.
>
> In my classes, students spend a lot of time doing problems in groups;
> exercises
> are individual homework and / or review practice.
>
> Dan M