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Peer reviewedMills, David; McKittrick, Brian; Mulhall, Pam; Feteris, Susan – Physics Education, 1999
Presents the Conceptual Understanding Program (CUP) as a means of helping first-year university physics students overcome their misconceptions in mechanics. Students work on exercises alone, then in threes, and finally as a class, which has resulted in high levels of participation and satisfaction among students. This strategy can be implemented…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Cooperative Learning, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Foreign Countries
