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Thursday, May 7th, 2009

One more physics education rant: Naming Names

By Thoreau
The ostensibly calculus-based introductory physics book by Knight is not really a calculus-based book.  Sure, integrals and derivatives pop up here and there, but the vast majority of the problems can be solved without them, and calculus is hardly emphasized at all in most of the text and examples.  The few problems that do [...]

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

We iz doin it wrong if u think ur always doin it wrong

By Thoreau
I had an illuminating discussion with a student yesterday: She was not sure about a problem, but she had a hunch what the answer is. Then she said “Of course, in physics, the answer is always the opposite of what you think.” And this got me thinking about the way we [...]

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Watchword for Today

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Sieze the bee you want to change.