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Re: [Phys-l] Inquiry

Textbook reading allows students to build details around the key ideas they gather through the various strategies each Physics instructor employs. Without it, it is the same as building a house with only some selected big pillars. Where are the windows and doors and the like that a complete house should have? Even the humble pieces of bricks must be remembered in the building processes. This is why reading from the text is a non-negotiable activity in knowledge construction.

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On Feb 28, 2009, at 1:58 AM, Brian Whatcott <betwys1@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

Ah, perhaps horse breaking/training has something to offer.
The classical approach was mostly 'all-stick'
The more recent approach offers rewards.
In the B.F. Skinner mold, rewards should be relatively infrequent at one
reward randomly in three rewardable events for optimal reinforcement -
or less frequently than that.

Rewarding every behavior where one desires re-iniforcement leads to
pushy, demanding behavior.

:-)

BrianW



Joseph Bellina wrote:
Seems to me a good strategy to encourage them to read by rewarding
them,...
joe

Joseph J. Bellina, Jr. Ph.D.
...

On Feb 27, 2009, at 7:56 AM, Philip Keller wrote:


I still think students are rational - they do what they need to
do. Depending on how we design our classes, they may not need to
read.

...
Anthony Lapinski
Physics is very difficult to understand, especially the first time
around....
With good teaching, appropriate demos, peer instruction, and active
engagement of students in class, the textbook becomes less necessary.
...
David Craig wrote:


Oh, for heaven's sake. There is a great deal that must be learned
from books at one stage or another. Surely THAT'S not a point of
debate?

David Craig

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