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Download full textFalconer, Kathleen; Wyckoff, Susan; Joshua, Mangala; Sawada, Daiyo – 2001
This paper describes major changes undertaken in two undergraduate physics courses from traditional lecture method to an inquiry-based method that facilitates active student engagement and changes in the modeling approach to learning. Students' conceptual understanding of physics concepts were evaluated by quasi-experimental design, and the Reform…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Higher Education, Inquiry, Lecture Method
Bloom, Allan M.; And Others – 1984
The use of of the Automatic Interaction Detector (program AID3 of the OSIRIS statistical package) to study a university program is discussed. The performance of students who took general physics lecture and laboratory concurrently is compared to the performance of those who took them separately. Five years of data are analyzed, covering 1,997…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Programs, Evaluation Methods, Grades (Scholastic)
