The rise and fall of PSI in physics at MIT
作者:
Charles P. Friedman,
Stanley Hirschi,
Malcolm Parlett,
Edwin F. Taylor,
期刊:
American Journal of Physics
(AIP Available online 1976)
卷期:
Volume 44,
issue 3
页码: 204-211
ISSN:0002-9505
年代: 1976
DOI:10.1119/1.10457
出版商: American Association of Physics Teachers
数据来源: AIP
摘要:
Small‐scale trials of the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) in physics at MIT under the sponsorship of the Education Research Center were followed by adoption of large‐scale introductory PSI courses in the Department of Physics. After four semesters, all introductory physics PSI courses were suspended. This study investigates what happened. We point out organizational difficulties in going from small‐ to large‐scale use of the PSI method. We also identify certain conflicting perceptions among participants and observers that contributed to the suspension. The study, we hope, is an example of an informative ’’postmortem’’ of a type much needed in higher education.
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