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NAS report on AP and IB courses



PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu writes:
The adoptable HS physics texts are at least accurate, but they do not
follow
the available research into how students learn physics. This latter
defect
is probably of little consequence because there is only, to my knowledge,
1
text which is in line with current physics education research, and most
teachers would find it difficult to use.

In this light, this posting from the AP_Physics list might interest you
all.

The National Academies just issued a report (Feb 14) somewhat critical
of AP and IB classes in Math and Sciences.

The link
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/news.nsf/isbn/0309074401?OpenDocument
should lead you to the summary.

Any comments?