From: "JACK L. URETSKY (C) 1996; HEP DIV., ARGONNE NATIONAL LAB, ARGONNE, IL 60439" <JLU@hep.anl.gov>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 1996 13:38:50 -0500 (CDT)
Hi Brad-
I think that I agree with everything you say in your response.
Now the question is: given that we can't see what "pops into their heads",
how do we identify the good grapes?
Regards,
Jack
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Jack,
I don't think I have enough experience with the concepts tests to make an
informed opinion about them. Last I heard, the jury is still out on
testing methods and I'm not ready to pick sides yet until I am better
informed myself.
What I mean is do the students who leave your class have a "working
knowledge" of what you were supposed to teach them? Did you teach them
well enough that they associate what you taught them with real life?
EXAMPLE OF A "GOOD GRAPE": When discussing a car accident, momentum,
kinetic energy, impulse and force pop into their head and they can apply
what they were taught to the sittuation to understand it better.
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James Bradford Shue jshue@comp.uark.edu