Re: Starting out with waves (originally Intro Physics Text/Course)

[John Clement <clement@HAL-PC.ORG>]

>         This fits my experience at two colleges (one in Lisle, IL) that
> even after 3 semesters of calculus and a couple of calculus-based physics,
> the average student has a lot of trouble with algebra.  (I'm forwarding
> this exchange to the president of the NCTM).  It is almost impossible to
> get mathematics teachers to read Arons.
>                                         Regards,
>                                                 Jack

They won't read Piaget, Lawson, Shayer&Adey, or Benezet either.  I don't
think they will listen to us either.  They might listen to someone in
industry who laid it on the line really thick.  OTOH that might not work
either.

John M. Clement
Houston, Tx