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[Physltest] [Phys-L] Re: "Effective" teaching methods

-----Original Message-----
From: Frohne, Vickie
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 9:32 AM

there are some
excellent research-based materials for K-8, but most that
I've seen only cover single topics (I'm thinking about the
excellent FOSS kits, for example) and are not integrated,
research-based year-long science curricula satisfying all
state standards & etc. If anyone knows differently, please
clue me in.

FOSS correlations to various state standards are shown at:
<http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/foss/scope/correlations/index.html>
They do cover most or all state standards for many states.
They are also year-long science courses
<http://www.lawrencehallofscience.org/foss/scope/index.html>

All these materials include extensive teacher guides that provide detailed
step by step instructions for teachers. They also include extensive
background materials for teachers. Having been an advisor and technical
reviewer for the FOSS Force and Motion, and Electronics modules, I of course
think very highly of them.

-----Original Message-----
From: RAUBER, JOEL
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 8:31 AM

then there is a
problem with getting university teachers into the new mode.
For most of them, the traditional model wasn't flawed, they
successfully learned that way; so they won't be confronted
with a flawed model of learning.

I don't know about everyone else, but there were many lecture based courses
I took as an undergraduate and graduate student where I can honestly say I
learned little of enduring value. In most of my science courses there was
little in class discussion - they were almost completely lecture based with
no interactive engagement of any kind. I have discussed this with many of
my engineer co-workers who agree with this assessment of their education.

Larry Woolf
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