1661 - Utilizing Head Fake Learning to present Introductory Physics Concepts

Author / Creator

AAPT WM21 (2021)

Conferences

AAPT WM21 D1.4 Introductory Courses (2021)

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Online

Summary

Educators teach concepts in exciting ways to mask the extent that students think they are learning ostensibly uninteresting or inapplicable material. "Head-fake learning" ("HFL") describes the mean...

Educators teach concepts in exciting ways to mask the extent that students think they are learning ostensibly uninteresting or inapplicable material. "Head-fake learning" ("HFL") describes the means by which material can be taught wherein students think they are learning one thing, but in fact are learning another--for example, this means that they learn academic material while playing games or engaging in seemingly non-academic work. Two physics courses, one at Gustavus College and another at UNC Chapel Hill, have trialed HFL mechanisms through the playing of games and study of game shows in class and we have prepared instructional databases which house educational material, and examples of games which can facilitate the delivery of this material. We provide instructions for their use in this presentation and analyze the effectiveness of such material in the classroom-- holistically, students reported high learning efficiency and appreciated the ability to enjoy the learning experience.

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