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Portfolios in Physics

Student attainment of all-important course goals is not easily measured by paper-and-pencil tests. Whereas portfolio assessment forces alternative ways of thinking by the teacher about what is done and what is measured. Portfolios also provide an imp...

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Field Trip to the Moon

The main features of lunar geology are now fairly well known, perhaps better known than some aspects of terrestrial geology. This is not surprising—the Moon’s main internal activity stopped billions of years ago, unlike the Earth’s. This articl...

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Editor's Note (April 2004)

Have you ever worked with your students on some authentic problem? An issue in the school or community comes up and your class studies it? Most of you probably have. You have taught using some instructional technique for years, then someone "inven...