Understanding Physics
Student guide
David Cassidy, Gerald Holton, James Rutherford
Résumé
UNDERSTANDING PHYSICS is an innovative introductory
course designed for students preparing to enter careers in
fields outside of science or engineering, including
students planning to teach, or already teaching, in K-12
classrooms. It is inspired by the famous Project Physics
Course, which became known for its success in inspiring
students with the excitement of physics by placing its
concepts within a broader humanistic context.
UNDERSTANDING PHYSICS enables students to gain a full
appreciation of physics both as a discipline and as a body
of knowledge: a sense of what the concepts mean, where they
came from, and why we think we know what we know. The
course is among the first to accommodate recommendations of
the "National Science Education Standards" from the
National Academy of Sciences and the "Benchmarks for
Science Literacy" from Project 2061 at the college level.
Understanding Physics also incorporates the most recent
advances in understanding how students learn physics and
where they encounter difficulties, and it offers great
flexibility to instructors to adapt the course to the needs
of their students and to their own needs and
interests.
The course components - textbook, student guide, instructor
guide - all work together to provide students with an
integrated experience in physics.
- The text provides a conceptual framework and connecting narrative for the course that promotes an active engagement with the material.
- Each chapter contains questions designed to help students confirm what they have learned as well as questions to encourage them to go beyond the reading, in individual study, laboratory work, and group discussion.
- The student guide provides both written and hands-on activities for enhancing understanding
- The suggested laboratory work includes in-depth
explorations, student-designed inquiries, and text-related
mini-explorations that may be used as hands-on activities
or as demonstrations with student participation.
Contents
- Explorations
- Introduction
- A Word to Future and Current Teachers
- Reviewing Units, Mathematics, and Scientific Notation
- Geometry Review
- Review of Basic Trigonometry
- Reviewing Graphs
- Further Reading and Web Sites
- Some Further Chapter Materials
- Part One
- Part Two
- Laboratory Explorations
- Suggested Mini-Laboratory Explorations
- Suggested Major-Laboratory Explorations
L'auteur - David Cassidy
David Cassidy, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
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L'auteur - Gerald Holton
Gerald Holton, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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L'auteur - James Rutherford
James Rutherford, Project AAAS, Washington, DC
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Caractéristiques techniques
| PAPIER | |
| Éditeur(s) | Springer |
| Auteur(s) | David Cassidy, Gerald Holton, James Rutherford |
| Parution | 30/09/2002 |
| Nb. de pages | 178 |
| Format | 18,7 x 23,2 |
| Couverture | Broché |
| Poids | 305g |
| Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
| EAN13 | 9780387987552 |
| ISBN13 | 978-0-387-98755-2 |
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