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This web site provides information on the creation and assessment of "Context Rich Problems". These problems place physics in a real-world context to help students develop problem-solving skills. Strategies for solving the problems are not explicitly provided. Rather, students must evaluate the given data to figure out what is useful and what is irrelevant. Each problem is formulated so it is too challenging for one student to solve alone, yet not too difficult for a group to master.
Included on this page are links to examples and guidelines for creating context-rich problems. This approach is based on the work of the Minnesota Physics Education Research and Development group.
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