Some subscribers to Phys-L might be interested in an article "What Might Psychologists Learn from the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Physics?" [Hake (2014)]
(a) note that some physicists have been engaged in the "Scholarship of Teaching and Learning" (SoTL) for over four decades;
(b) discuss evidence from SoTL in physics for the approximately two-standard-deviation superiority in average pre-to-post-course normalized gains in conceptual understanding for "interactive engagement" over "traditional" passive-student lecture methods;
(c) list some crucial operational definitions;
(d) present accolades from biologists, economists, and mathematicians for SoTL in physics;
(e) discuss an apparent deficiency of SoTL in psychology: the missing "Psychology Concept Inventory";
(f) list 14 hard won lessons from SoTL in physics that may be of value to psychologists;
(g) conclude from all the above that it's conceivable that psychologists might learn something from SoTL in physics.
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Hake, R.R. 2014. "What Might Psychologists Learn from the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Physics" submitted to "Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology" <http://bit.ly/1rzcwUo> on 28 Oct 2014; online as 312 kB pdf at <http://bit.ly/1wN58pS>. The abstract and link to the complete post are being transmitted to several discussion lists and are on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at <http://bit.ly/1E8xAXI> with a provision for comments.