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Taasoobshirazi, Gita; Carr, Martha – Educational Research Review, 2008
This paper reviews and critiques the existing research on a widely recommended instructional approach called context-based physics, which involves placing physics material within a real-life context in an attempt to improve student motivation, problem solving, and achievement. Described first are the problems that exist with traditional physics…
Descriptors: Physics, Problem Solving, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Freebody, Peter – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2007
Australian Education Review (AER) 52 aims to expand our understanding of the nature of literacy at a time when public and private lives have become increasingly literacy-dependent, and literacy demands more complex and sophisticated. This review of the research literature is guided by the view that what passes for effective literacy education will…
Descriptors: Literacy, Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Literature Reviews