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Re: [Phys-L] Inference Lab Design

From: Larry Smith <larry.smith@snow.edu>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:17:45 -0600

On Aug 13, 2012, at 8:57 PM, John Denker wrote:

For a long discussion of how to teach (and learn) reasoning skills
in general, see
http://www.av8n.com/physics/thinking.htm

You are right that thinking skills are (in theory) portable; but the research says most students don't do it very well. It takes conscious, repeated, focused, explicit efforts and lots of practice to get students to port thinking skills to new realms.

Larry

References:
- [Phys-L] Inference Lab Design
  - From: "Turner, Jacob" <turner@uidaho.edu>
- Re: [Phys-L] Inference Lab Design
  - From: John Denker <jsd@av8n.com>

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