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I think, Bob, what people were responding to is the part aboutcut
"have them look at the related equations". I certainly reacted to that.
"The related equations" are not separate entities that are to be
somehow related to a set of facts. Forget that the equations exist!
Treat mathematics as a language to be used to state relationships. Then
"solving" a problem means turning a crank to associate numbers with the
entities involved in the relationships. This way, the student is
ecouraged to create the "formula", not to "find" it.
On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Robert Patton wrote:
I guess I simplified my approach to much. I, too, require sketches and
free body diagrams, if appropriate, to have the students "visualize" the
situation. This is done along with the listing of the info in the