Why we are teaching science wrong, and how to make it right

Waldrop, Mitchell M.

¹M. Mitchell Waldrop is a features editor for Nature in Washington DC.

Nature 523(7560):p 272-274, July 16, 2015. | DOI: 10.1038/523272a

Active problem-solving confers a deeper understanding of science than does a standard lecture. But some university lecturers are reluctant to change tack.