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[Phys-l] Sample problems and derivations...



Greetings,

At the recent AAPT meeting I heard it mentioned that both doing sample
problems on the board and showing derivations in a similar manner have a
minimal impact on student learning. This happens to fit with my
preconceptions about teaching, so of course I am not here to challenge this
idea. ;-)

Mostly I am hoping to find evidence for this in a PER article somewhere. If
anyone on here knows of such a publication I would be grateful for a
citation.

Thanks!

Jeff

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Jeff Loats, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Physics
Metropolitan State College of Denver
Office: NC 3123F
Phone: 303-900-2175
Email: jloats1@mscd.edu or jeff.loats@gmail.com
Website: www.mscd.edu/physics/loats/

"Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine
things which are not really there, but just to comprehend those things which
are there." ~ Richard Feynman, The Character of Physical Law