Timeline for Does physics education research support the idea that answer keys are bad?
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| Jun 15, 2019 at 0:04 | answer | added | Alonso Perez-Lona | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 12, 2018 at 10:36 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackPhysics/status/973145756193435648 | ||
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| Mar 8, 2018 at 2:29 | history | reopened |
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| Mar 7, 2018 at 14:40 | comment | added | user137289 | @Qmechanic I do not know if there are studies about providing solutions (but the Finnish exam board started doing so a few years ago, I can see if that decision was based on any research). Others here might know about relevant publications in for example the American Journal of Physics, which often publishes PER research. I am surprised if such material would be regarded as off topic here. | |
| Mar 7, 2018 at 14:04 | comment | added | Qmechanic♦ | @Pieter: Is this representable & reproducible research? | |
| Mar 7, 2018 at 13:58 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ |
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| Mar 7, 2018 at 7:51 | review | Reopen votes | |||
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| Mar 7, 2018 at 7:38 | comment | added | user137289 | I vote to reopen. This is a site where one might expect users to know an answer if such studies have been done. (I post the answers to my tests on old exams, for students to use as worked examples.) | |
| Mar 7, 2018 at 7:08 | comment | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | Steve, PER is about testing and collecting data. People strive for methodologies that return the best overall outcome across whole cohorts. And that generally means multiple strategies. So it goes pretty easy on the assumptions. That's why people actually research the topic. | |
| Mar 7, 2018 at 6:53 | comment | added | Shing | On the other hand, I learned a great deal with the kind of P-set offering no solution. I have to think so damn hard to figure out whether if my answer is reliable or not (I will usually think up and work out at least two ~ three methods + using Mathematica when I am not sure). But I would say it would be not realistic if ALL courses provide no solution (especially not practical when self-teaching) It is always nice and enlightening when you have someone to "discuss" (in this case, the solution) | |
| Mar 7, 2018 at 6:49 | comment | added | Shing | If you treat the solution as a friend discussing with you about how he comes up with his approach (of course, you have to work the heck out of the P-set first), I see nothing wrong with solution. (and you could be critical about your "friend" either being right or wrong too) | |
| Mar 7, 2018 at 4:45 | comment | added | Steve | A high school setting often differs in its demands and the resources set aside to ensure students meet them, being mostly tolerant of rote learning and superficial understanding of a subject, and ensuring that students who would struggle to grasp the essence of problem and the relationships involved, are nevertheless familiarised (at the cost of a relatively large amount of teaching time and effort) with a wide variety of ways in which it may be applied. (2/2) | |
| Mar 7, 2018 at 4:44 | comment | added | Steve | The problem with any pedagogical approach is that it presumes the generality of every student's character and attitude at all times. For a student that is capable, intrinsically interested in the specific problem, and naturally critical and integrative with knowledge, cheat sheets and reference materials are likely to be a boon. Others deviating from this prescription must be identified and dragged through the sand. (1/2) | |
| Mar 7, 2018 at 3:53 | comment | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | We don't have a policy on PER, and I am of two minds on the matter. On one hand, the discipline is about learning and education. On the other it is a discipline pursued by physicists: no one gets into it after taking a degree in education. | |
| Mar 7, 2018 at 3:45 | comment | added | David Z | I'd add that as far as I can tell, we don't have a codified policy on physics education research questions, but as far as I can tell we've generally taken them to be de facto off topic. (See e.g. this I think this is a good question, though, and it might find a good home at a site where such questions are considered on topic. You might try Academia, as Kyle mentioned, or Mathematics Educators. | |
| Mar 7, 2018 at 3:42 | history | closed |
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| Mar 7, 2018 at 3:38 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Mar 7, 2018 at 3:19 | comment | added | Kyle Kanos | I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it's mostly about pedagogy of physics and not physics concepts. Academia may be better suited. | |
| Mar 7, 2018 at 3:10 | history | asked | WillG | CC BY-SA 3.0 |