Faculty Try Innovative Teaching Methods, But Don't Stick With It

Andre Adler (2012) in his PhysLrnR post “Chronicle Article on Physics Teaching,” has called attention to a report “Physicists Eagerly Try New Teaching Methods but Often Drop Them, Study Finds” [Berrett (2012)].

Unfortunately, Berrett’s report is online for free only to subscribers of the Chronicle of Higher Education. But not to worry!

Thanks to Stephanie Chasteen http://sciencegeekgirl.com, an excellent press release “Faculty Try Innovative Teaching Methods, But Don't Stick With It: A study of physics faculty awareness and use of research-based instructional techniques offers greater understanding of what is missing from current education reform efforts” [AAPT (2012)] is online for free at http://www.per-central.org/press/.

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AAPT. 2012. “Faculty Try Innovative Teaching Methods, But Don't Stick With It: A study of physics faculty awareness and use of research-based instructional techniques offers greater understanding of what is missing from current education reform efforts,” press release, online at http://www.per-central.org/press/.

Adler, A. 2012. "Chronicle Article on Physics Teaching," online on the CLOSED PhysLrnR archives at http://bit.ly/PIkbKz. Post of 31 Aug 2012 18:52:37-0400 to PhysLrnR. To access the archives of PhysLnR one needs to subscribe : - ( , but that takes only a few minutes by clicking on http://bit.ly/nG318r and then clicking on “Join or Leave PHYSLRNR-LIST.” If you're busy, then subscribe using the “NOMAIL” option under “Miscellaneous.” Then, as a subscriber, you may access the archives and/or post messages at any time, while receiving NO MAIL from the list!

Berrett, D. 2012. “Physicists Eagerly Try New Teaching Methods but Often Drop Them, Study Finds,” Chronicle of Higher Education, 31 August, online to subscribers at http://bit.ly/PSQbQ .