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[Phys-l] Can Distance and Classroom Learning Be Increased?



Physics educators may or may not be interested in a recent essay "Can Distance and Classroom Learning Be Increased?" [Hake (2008)] in the "International Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning" <http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/ijsotl/> that was prompted by discussion list responses to the provocatively titled post "Distance Learning: Is There Any?" [Hake (2007)]. The abstract reads:

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Professor Scott Overmyer of Baker College, in a discussion list post, raised four points bearing on a question of interest to those involved in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL): "Can Distance and Classroom Learning Be Increased?" My answer: "YES" - judging from the fact that pre/post testing in courses in Newtonian mechanics has demonstrated an approximately two-standard-deviation superiority in average normalized gains <g> for classroom "interactive engagement" methods over "traditional" classroom methods. Similarly, pre/post testing might demonstrate a substantive superiority over traditional classroom teaching for both classroom and distance education that recognize recent advances in cognitive science and emphasize learning rather than teaching. But such demonstration probably cannot be achieved if scholars of teaching and learning continue to rely on low-resolution gauges of students' learning.
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To access the complete article please click on <http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/ijsotl/v2n1/essays_about_sotl/hake/index.htm>.

Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
24245 Hatteras Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
<rrhake@earthlink.net>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi>


REFERENCES
Hake, R.R. 2007. "Distance Learning: Is There Any?" online at
<http://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0708&L=pod&O=D&P=10532>. Post of 9-12 August to AERA-A, AERA-C, AERA-D, AERA-J, AERA-L, ASSESS, Biopi-L, Biolab (rejected), Chemed-L, EdResMeth, EvalTalk, IFETS, ITForum (rejected), Math-Teach, Phys-L, PhysLrnR, POD, RUME, STLHE-L, TIPS, and WBTOLL-L.

Hake, R.R. 2008. "Can Distance and Classroom Learning Be Increased?" IJ-SoTL 2(1): January; online at <http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/ijsotl/v2n1/essays_about_sotl/hake/index.htm>." The "International Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning" (IJ-SoTL) <http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/ijsotl/> is an open, peer-reviewed, international electronic journal containing articles, essays, and discussions about the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) and its applications in higher/tertiary education today.