Event as the Key to a Graphic Understanding of Special Relativity.

Boas, Mary L.

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Publication Date: 1979-Nov

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Event as the Key to a Graphic Understanding of Special Relativity.

Boas, Mary L.

American Journal of Physics, v47 n11 p938-42 Nov 1979

Discusses a method used at DePaul University of Chicago, Illinois, in a relativity course for students who are not science majors, emphasizing logical reasoning rather than memory of facts. (HM)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Science, Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Learning, Logic, Memory, Physics, Relativity, Science Curriculum, Science Education, Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts

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Language: English

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