Re: [Phys-L] Late Physics Learner

[Richard Heckathorn <geepaw@wowway.com>]

Greetings, I agree 100% with what you say about PSSC physics.if you go to my website listed below, select the left column, go to instructor and select the article that I wrote about how PSSC physics  shaped my ability to teach physics for its 50th anniversary. Next, if you go to the more column, you will find the self paced PSSC physics materials I wrote and taught for 15 years.

With that said, I must state that this should not be the first material that a brand-new teacher read. Especially since the teacher wanted material relevant to the real world which PSSC physics has some but nothing compared to the high school conceptual physics course by Paul Hewitt. (note in my website that I have the materials that I used when teaching conceptual physics.)

Starting with PSSC physics in my opinion is putting the cart before the horse based on the request of the teacher.

Respectfully submitted.

Dick

Have a Great Day

Website rheckathorn.weebly.com



> On Jan 2, 2015, at 11:52 PM, Bernard Cleyet <bernard@cleyet.org> wrote:
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> > On 2015, Jan 02, , at 17:56, Richard Heckathorn <geepaw@wowway.com> wrote:
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> > Greetings, I would start with the book by Paul Hewitt, The high school version of conceptual physics.and even better start would be watching the 34 videos that Paul has put together. I wonder if there someplace that this person could borrow them. Happy new year to everyone. My website listed below might have some valuable things for her.
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> > Have a Great Day
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> > Website rheckathorn.weebly.com
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> JD and I disagree,  [  http://www.av8n.com/physics/hewitt.htm  ]   I (and John) suggest the PSSC text, and its accompanying lab. book.  
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> "2.    PSSC (Uri Haber-Schaim, John H. Dodge, James A. Walter) 
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> Exceptional, epochal high school physics text.
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> A review in The Textbook Letter (May-June 1992) called this “an outstanding and inspiring book, strongly recommended” and “the best high-school physics textbook that we have seen.”http://www.textbookleague.org/32pssc1.htm
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> This book is for people who want to understand the material.        In contrast, the general herd of textbooks seem to merely go through the motions of covering the material, allowing people to check off the little boxes that say “we covered this” and “we covered that”.
> This book has remarkably good “quality control”. That is, you can generally believe what it says.        Textbooks in the general herd are riddled with errors and misconceptions.
> I recommend that everyone who teaches introductory physics should read this book, and keep a copy in the classroom as a reference, for the use of teacher and students alike."
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> http://www.av8n.com/physics/books.htm  
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> http://www.compadre.org/portal/pssc/pssc.cfm  
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> bc  
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