I was unaware of the long history of this story, so many thanks to ev=
eryone who sent references. The version I heard had the experimente=
rs painting the walls, playing or not playing muzak, speeding or slow=
ing the pace of work, and a bunch of other things. Maybe it keeps c=
oming back because it's a good story... Vickie
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=46rom: Forum for Physics Educators on behalf of Jack Uretsky
Sent: Tue 11/16/2004 3:15 PM
To: PHYS-L@LISTS.NAU.EDU
Subject: Re: "Effective" teaching methods
So, once again, we deal with the Hawthorne Legend which, like=
the
heads of the Hydra, seems to come back double each time it is dispose=
d of.
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