Just to show there is no accounting for taste (mine in this instance).
We just abandoned Hecht, one reason being that in our opinion there
weren't enough good problems; too many were plug and chug. (His writing
style is good, IMO).
Personally I thought Lea & Burke has pretty good problems, though not
enough of them! From what I've seen of McKnight, I've liked; but for us
it hasn't been "battle" tested. If one is making up problems it is
probably best to have a plethora of sources.
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Joel Rauber
Department of Physics - SDSU
Joel.Rauber@sdstate.edu
605-688-4293
| -----Original Message-----
| From: Forum for Physics Educators
| [mailto:PHYS-L@list1.ucc.nau.edu] On Behalf Of Rick Tarara
| Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 3:42 PM
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| Subject: Re: homework lookup
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| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "John Denker" <jsd@AV8N.COM>
| >> And all this just when some
| >> authors have started including much better problems (those
| that are
| >> not so amenable to algorithmic solutions) in their texts.
| >
| > Any texts you particularly recommend?
| >
|
| While there are still plenty of plug & chug problems, I can
| find a number of
| 'better' problems in Hecht's Physics: Calculus. However, I
| supplement
| these with some of the Heller problems (modified for my
| students), especially in the 1st semester of the course.
| http://groups.physics.umn.edu/physed/Research/CRP/on-lineArchive/ola.htm
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Rick
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