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Teaching Physics the Studio Way - SFU Wiki - Simon Fraser University

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What is Workshop <strong>Physics</strong><br />

Developed by Priscilla Laws at Dickinson College in<br />

1987, in collaboration with David Sokoloff, U of<br />

Oregon, and Ronald Thornton, Tufts <strong>University</strong><br />

Replace traditional lectures with learning by<br />

inquiry<br />

Method: examination of preconceptions, qualitative<br />

observations, reflection and discussion,<br />

development of definitions and ma<strong>the</strong>matical<br />

<strong>the</strong>ories, quantitative experimentation<br />

http://physics.dickinson.edu/~wp_web/wp_homepage.html

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