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American Journal of Physics
written by Catherine H. Crouch, Adam P. Fagen, J. Paul Callan, and Eric Mazur
We compared student learning from different modes of presenting classroom demonstrations to determine how much students learn from traditionally presented demonstrations, and whether learning can be enhanced by simply changing the mode of presentation to increase student engagement. We find that students who passively observe demonstrations understand the underlying concepts no better than students who do not see the demonstration at all, in agreement with previous studies. Learning is enhanced, however, by increasing student engagement; students who predict the demonstration outcome before seeing it, however, display significantly greater understanding.
American Journal of Physics: Volume 72, Issue 6, Pages 835-838
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10.1119/1.1707018
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Demonstrations, classroom demonstration, data acquisition, educational institutions, entertainment, physics education, student experiments
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Metadata instance created June 13, 2005 by Lyle Barbato
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C. Crouch, A. Fagen, J. Callan, and E. Mazur, , Am. J. Phys. 72 (6), 835 (2004), WWW Document, (https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1707018).
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C. Crouch, A. Fagen, J. Callan, and E. Mazur, Classroom demonstrations: Learning tools or entertainment?, Am. J. Phys. 72 (6), 835 (2004), <https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1707018>.
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Crouch, C., Fagen, A., Callan, J., & Mazur, E. (2004, April 1). Classroom demonstrations: Learning tools or entertainment?. Am. J. Phys., 72(6), 835-838. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1707018
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Crouch, C, A. Fagen, J. Callan, and E. Mazur. "Classroom demonstrations: Learning tools or entertainment?." Am. J. Phys. 72, no. 6, (April 1, 2004): 835-838, https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1707018 (accessed 28 March 2024).
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Crouch, Catherine, Adam Fagen, J. Paul Callan, and Eric Mazur. "Classroom demonstrations: Learning tools or entertainment?." Am. J. Phys. 72.6 (2004): 835-838. 28 Mar. 2024 <https://doi.org/10.1119/1.1707018>.
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