Student Confusion Hidden from the Instructor

Adam J Feil

ISAAPT Spring Meeting, Urbana, IL, April 2004 (Contributed Talk), (2004)


Abstract
When running a small group physics discussion section, instructors must move from table to table, offering students help and asking questions. Instructors usually move on to the next table after they are satisfied with a group’s explanations of the question at hand; however, students can sometimes fool an instructor into believing they understand a question when they are actually still somewhat confused. A video clip of such an event will be shown, and the surprisingly positive learning outcome will be discussed.

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