Carl E. Wieman from the University of British Columbia who shared the 2001 Nobel Prize in physics for the creation of a new state of matter talks about the future of science education -- using the tools of physics to teach physics. Learning Sciences Institute
Prof. Wieman's thesis that you can treat learning like physics as the flaw that learning measurements are location-dependent and have non-reproducible systematic and random errors. With that caveat, he has some good results.
Clickers and simulations help learning content and concepts because of the feedback. Good teaching requires challenging students and getting feedback.
Prof. Wieman should say that simulations are not substitutes for labs, however. The miss the nature of science.
DrScienceGuy0 1 year ago
I'm only putting a comment because I don't think anyone else will. Who's that making the stupid noise at 50 seconds, they sound silly.
NattyMcCool777 2 years ago