R-D-L me this: A simple semi-directed learning approach to teaching first year physics students.

Matthew John Mears

Abstract


Students often enter physics courses at higher education with a background experience of “spoon fed” learning yet academic staff expect students to engage in self-directed learning. The Revise, Do, Learn method presented here provides a first intermediary step between “spoon fed” and independent learning. A small to moderate positive effect (d = 0.38) was found between subsequent cohorts that, when considered with the minimal time and effort required to implement the method, provides an easy win for improving student learning.


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.29311/ndtps.v0i11.538

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