Toolbox of activities to support students in a physics gateway course

This paper presents a set of activities, which scaffolds students to succeed in the standard Physics gateway course. The set of instructional activities that were designed included four distinct components: reflective writing, collaborative groups, critiques, and an essay question on the examination...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Calvin S. Kalman, Shelley Rohar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2010-08-01
Series:Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.6.020111