Re: [Phys-l] Peer Instruction, of course. Was: Fwd: New Mazur Group Publication

[Brian Whatcott <betwys1@sbcglobal.net>]

Of interest to me, certainly.

I was wondering when, if ever, this topic was going to come up.
In teaching the technical design and operational details of an early 
Digital Equipment compact tape
of iconoclastic design, I warned the (adult)  group that after I 
reviewed the method for
reading an identifier code off a tape in both the forward and reverse 
direction to provide
the same decode from its backwards inverted version,  I would ask one 
of the group
to explain it again to the rest of  us - using a code diagram that 
stretched  half way
round the room.

This appeared to work well. I thought of it as interactive/participative.

Brian W


Bernard Cleyet wrote:
> Of interest, I pray.
>
> bc...
From: Eric Mazur <mazur@physics.harvard.edu>
> ...
> I am writing to let you know that a new publication by my group on  
> peer instruction, entitled "Peer Instruction: From Harvard to Community  
> Colleges" has appeared in print. 
  Brian W