Feedback on Alstein et al article on Special Relativity education

Use this survey to guide your reading and share your insights. The intention is to share the insights of the class. Don't feel you have to write an essay for each of the free response questions; brief insights are welcome. Names are optional. S G Boydell
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  1. How many countries have introduced Einstein's relativity into the secondary schools curriculum?


  1. Do any of the countries referenced include any General Relativity?
    Yes
    No


  1. Which of the following best describes the research questions addressed by the paper? (more than one answer needed)
    Which countries have had the most success in introducing SR?
    What did students appreciate the most about SR?
    Which teaching approaches have been developed?
    Which learning difficulties have been reported?


  1. Which of the following groupings have the authors classified key learning difficulties into? (more than one answer)
    Postulates of SR
    Relativistic effects
    Frames of reference
    Doppler effect
    Twin paradox
    Events


  1. How do the authors define an inertial frame of reference (no more that 18 words)?


  1. The time of an event is the time:
    when a signal from an event reaches the observer
    that the observer calculates the event actually occurred


  1. In Galilean relativity between inertial frames, which of these quantities are affected by the relative motion of the frames? (one or more answers)
    the velocity of objects
    the time of events
    the length of objects
    the simultaneity of events


  1. Summarise briefly one or more key finding(s) the authors make about student learning difficulties with SR.


  1. The authors discuss a range of teaching approaches for SR. Briefly outline one (or more) that you think would be particularly effective.


  1. Of the research tools outlined at the end of the paper (section V), are there any that you think might be fruitful?