The authors report that the kinesthetic experience enhances student understanding and that a student project provides evidence of the approach's effectiveness¶

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q1 i? The authors are convinced that the kinesthetic experience enhances student understanding and makes encountering the scientific process more fruitful, citing a student-conceived project as evidence. → Barber et al. 2007

Evidence¶

Barber et al. 2007¶

Barber, R. P., Jr., Popalisky, D. J., Hacking, R., & Chiapella, K. (2007). Newton's 2nd Law and the Physics of Dance. arXiv:0706.2717. doi:10.48550/arXiv.0706.2717

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Authors' interpretive conclusion from their course experience, offered without systematic outcome measures; the article presents the impulse-asymmetry student project as its evidence of effectiveness rather than any comparative assessment.

"We are convinced that the kinesthetic experience enhances student understanding and makes getting a glimpse at the scientific process more fruitful."

Discussion¶

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