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Re: Arons and Dry Ice



Huhhh?

I thought the point was our usual experience is mediated by high friction that
confirms Aristotelian Physics. A block of gas supported ice reduces the friction, so
one may have a Galilean experience.

bc puzzled and

who assumes this post is the position of Richard et al.

Larry Woolf wrote:

As much as I appreciate Richard Hake's posting, I take issue with this one.

The Phys-L posts have revolved around the kinesthetic experiences of pushing
bowling balls, cars, bikes, etc. You can't much more kinesthetic than that.

It also seems to me that real-life experiences that vary slightly every day
and also occur everyday provide powerful contexts for learning, for
continual reinforcement of learning, and for the transfer of that learning.

http://www.nap.edu/html/howpeople1/ch3.html (see the "Context" section)

We often use cars, bikes, and bowling balls, whereas we rarely push large
blocks of dry ice on glass.

Larry Woolf;General Atomics;San Diego CA
92121;Ph:858-526-8575;FAX:858-526-8568; www.ga.com;www.sci-ed-ga.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Hake
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 9:28 AM

I think most of the eight Phys-L posts
<http://lists.nau.edu/cgi-bin/wa?S2=phys-l&q=&s=arons&f=&a=2002&b=>
in response to Justin have missed the importance of Arons's sage
emphasis on KINESTHETIC EXPERIENCE in overcoming preconceptions. To

cut

This posting is the position of the writer, not that of SUNY-BSC, NAU or the AAPT.