After reading the Hestenes article on modeling physics about Malcom Wells' successes in teaching high school physics, I feel challenged to beat his scores on the FCI test mixed with the "Baseline Test." I am on board with trying the modeling method in my classroom, and I am fairly convinced that the change in method will help my students gain a better understanding. However, the challenge that no teacher, that this paper has heard of, has overcome his results. Perhaps this has changed since 1994, but consider the gauntlet thrown down!
PS. I am not sure the exclamation point should be the punctuation mark of choice in an academic paper.
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