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Instructor’s guide (2003).
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| Abstract | A reform-oriented introductory physics textbook What’s distinctive about this book is that it is reform-oriented: it emphasizes depth over breadth, it is designed to support active learning, and it never introduces a new concept with an unmotivated equation. While the reform movement has produced excellent physics textbooks for gen ed students(1) and students majoring in engineering or the physical sciences(2), no such book has been available for the type of course typically taken by life science students: a one-year algebra based course, or a one-year course with calculus as a corequisite. This book is meant to fill that need. Basic survival guide Here’s the most vital information you need to know if you’re using the book for the first time: (1) I’m committed to making new editions of the books as backward-compatible as possible with old editions (rather than introducing incompatibilities in order to kill off the used book market). To take advantage of this, always refer to chapter and section numbers in your syllabus, not page numbers. New homework problems will normally be added at the end, so you can safely refer to homework problems by chapter and problem number. If you have two editions in the same classroom, make sure you’re working from the older edition yourself, so that you won’t be referring to newer discussion questions or homework problems that some of your students don’t have. (2) Don’t be tempted to skip chapter 1 of book 1, since it introduces the students to modes of reasoning involving ratios and proportionalities. If you skip this chapter, they will complain that the homework in the later chapters is impossible. (3) To use the discussion questions successfully, you’ll need to give reading quizzes and explain to the students the need to read the book before coming to class, rather than using the book as a reference, which is what most students are used to doing in science classes. 1 Resources available with this book A complete and up-to-date list of support materials is available at |
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| Publisher Date | 2003-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
