Teaching Introductory Physics
1. Edition February 1997
816 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
This text is a guide for high school teachers, college
faculty, and graduate teaching assistants involved in
introductory physics teaching. Teaching Physics is a
combination of the previous Guide to Introductory
Physics Teaching, and Homework and Test
Questions for Introductory Physics Teaching. Both
works have been edited to incorporate suggestions and
feedback received after the first publication. Added to this
combination is a monograph intended to illustrate how
certain misleading aspects, widely prevalent in existing text
presentations, can be rectified in introductory teaching of
the energy concepts.
This is intended as a guide and resource for active
teachers at college and high school level.
Underpinnings.
Rectilinear Kinematics.
Elementary Dynamics.
Motion in Two Dimensions.
Momentum and Energy.
Static Electricity.
Current Electricity.
Electromagnetism.
Waves and Light.
Early Modern Physics.
Miscellaneous Topics.
Achieving Wider Scientific Literacy.
Critical Thinking.
Bibliography.
Index.