…of materials, and quantum mechanics. In high school, they could deepen their understanding through a semi-quantitative treatment of these concepts. They could, for instance, understand the central role of energy…
…among the three states, which was reflected in the magnitude of the gains from Cohort 1 to Cohort 2. Not surprisingly, for instance, the state where the curriculum was first…
…modern Web browser without the use of Java, plug-ins, or software installation (with one exception: the use of sensors in SmartGraphs calls up an invisible Java applet). Our goal is…
…these road shows because we made a lot of friends. For instance, David Vernier learned about probeware at one of our workshops in Beaverton, Oregon. [David Vernier has since founded…
…combine, and compare data from multiple experiments instantly to manipulate and explore patterns and relationships that were once almost entirely out of reach. With tools like this, whole classes can…
…best monitor and support diverse student learning using instantaneous electronic feedback about each student’s investigations and thinking. We believe that the classroom can be a community of learning mediated by…
…device that can detect changes in the real world and augment the signals with virtual reality. For instance, when a framed tablet approaches a heat source, it will show a…
…goal is to understand basic relationships between components in a system (Figure 2). It is based on chains of cause and effect where a change in any independent variable instantaneously…