"Modeling Methods in High School Physics"
Mark Schober
John Burroughs School, St. Louis
The modeling approach to physics instruction uses a student-centered, lab-based, knowledge-constructing environment built upon coherent, laboratory-validated models of physics. Modeling employs the best of curricular reform, technology, and research into student misconceptions to develop curriculum and classroom interactions very different from traditional textbook-lecture-demonstration approaches. Modeling workshops have been offered throughout the country, including Chicago and St. Louis, and plans are underway to offer another St. Louis workshop next summer.