Weak Presentations in Introductory Physics Texts.

Jacobs, Samuel

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Publication Date: 1978

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Weak Presentations in Introductory Physics Texts.

Jacobs, Samuel

Physics Teacher, v16 n6 p384-85 Sep 1978, Sep78

Presents a few illustrations of physics areas such as capacitors, free fall, vectors, and waves, to show that methods of presentation of specific topics, in some physics textbooks, produce in the average student the wrong impression and ignorance of important scientific facts. (GA)

Descriptors: College Science, Electricity, Higher Education, Magnets, Mechanics (Physics), Physics, Science Education, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Standards, Textbooks

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Language: English

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