Reto Schneider acquired, and has posted on his blog, footage of the Dr. Fox lecture experiment from 1976. Experimenters prepared a nonsensical lecture on ‘Mathematical Game Theory as Applied to Physician Education’, and taught it to an actor, Michael Fox, who delivered it to three different audiences of 55 different professionals who asked questions and gave the lecture positive evaluations. Details here, including the results of the 8-question evaluation.
The 3 groups were
11 attendees of a teacher training conference in continuing education
11 a group of mental health educators
33 educators and administrators enrolled in a graduate level university educational philosophy course
(BTW, feel free not to vote this up. I’m just relaying a link I found interesting.)
Footage of the Michael Fox lecture
Reto Schneider acquired, and has posted on his blog, footage of the Dr. Fox lecture experiment from 1976. Experimenters prepared a nonsensical lecture on ‘Mathematical Game Theory as Applied to Physician Education’, and taught it to an actor, Michael Fox, who delivered it to three different audiences of 55 different professionals who asked questions and gave the lecture positive evaluations. Details here, including the results of the 8-question evaluation.
The 3 groups were
11 attendees of a teacher training conference in continuing education
11 a group of mental health educators
33 educators and administrators enrolled in a graduate level university educational philosophy course
(BTW, feel free not to vote this up. I’m just relaying a link I found interesting.)