ERIC Number: EJ868559
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Publication Date: 2009-Nov
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Making Connections to the "Real World": A Model Building Lesson
Horibe, Shusaku; Underwood, Bret
Physics Education, v44 n6 p633-638 Nov 2009
Classroom activities that include the process of model building, in which students build simplified physical representations of a system, have the potential to help students make meaningful connections between physics and the real world. We describe a lesson designed with this intent for an introductory college classroom that engages students in the building of models, and illustrate the implementation of this lesson by examining student work. (Contains 5 footnotes and 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Learning Activities, Teaching Methods, Relevance (Education), Models, Physics, Science Instruction, Correlation, College Mathematics, Introductory Courses, Scientific Principles
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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