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Science Education in the 21st Century; using the tools of science to teach science

 
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Slide 7

PE Research Conclusions:

  • Faculty poor at knowing what students are (and are not) learning. (precious little from lectures)
  • Most students "learning" memorization of facts and problem solving recipes. Useful only to pass exam.

(from undergraduate physics, but very likely true for teaching in other sciences, other levels)

Ref. Teaching Physics, E. Redish, Wiley 2003, and references therein