This poem (rap) is an overview of how my theory of learning conveys to teaching Physics. But I oversimplify a bit in saying so.
“CIMP” is an acronym for Cognitive Instruction in Modeling Physics.
Position and time
Coordinated mentally
Empirically familiar
Physical regularity
Laws, and axioms
Overwhelming me concept-ually
Consistent and meaningful
Simply irresistible
The C to the I,
And the M to the P
Cognitive Instruction
In modeling the Physics
Simple Words, and symbols
Representin’ and referrin’to
Connections not the thing
Keep it real ontologically
Word …
Is it Physics or fantasy?
Mathematical reality?
Number or quantity?
I tell you what it ought-uh be
A change in this
And a change in that
Undoubtedly related
And that’s a fact!
The M to the O,
And the D-E-L
Relative to what
Is the story we tell
A symbol and a referent
A logical connection
Mentally projected
Experimentally it’s tested
Word …
Clark Vangilder's Cognitions 