Implications for instruction
“Guided discovery” learning, not “free discovery” learning.
Importance of use of contexts.
- Experiments and real world connections first, abstractions later.
University level instructional models
- Physics by Inquiry (McDermott et al.)
- Tutorials in Introductory Physics (McDermott et al.)
- Workshop Physics (Laws)
- Tools for Scientific Thinking and Interactive Lecture Demonstrations (Thornton & Sokoloff)