Re: Physics First - PART 1

[Bernard Cleyet <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>]

If the test is good,  I see nothing wrong with "teaching to the test".

bc

Rick Tarara wrote:

> Why do I not find it very surprising that an instructional program that is
> _designed_ to get good scores on the FCI, that has been developed with
> considerable input (I think) from the creators of the FCI, which has as one
> of it's major assessment tools the FCI (a fact known by all the
> instructors), ends up getting good scores on the FCI, especially in
> comparison to techniques that don't have the same focus.  I am underwhelmed!
> ;-)
>
> Rick
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jane Jackson" <jane.jackson@ASU.EDU>
> To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 10:56 AM
> Subject: Re: Physics First - PART 1
>
> > In his Feb. 15 post to PHYSLRNR, PHYS-L, PHYSHARE, AND AP-PHYSICS
> > listservs, Richard Hake wrote:

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