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Re: High School Text Recommendation



Daniel,

I like "Conceptual Physics" by Hewitt for a conceptual based course. There
are some vector notation problems in the workbooks but I usually have
students correct them as part of their homework/classroom assignment.

I agree with you about the textbooks. I have not found a high school text
book that didn't make me feel uncomfortable using it. They either do not
teach vector notation or teach it and then ignore it for the remainder of
the book.

If you happen to find a book you like, please let me know. We are getting
ready to select a new physics book for our school this year.

Mary Hing-Hickman
http://members.surfbest.net/physicsphun@surfbest.net/

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not as a hard duty.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel S. Price" <dprice@JEFFCO.K12.CO.US>
To: <PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu>
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 11:52 AM
Subject: High School Text Recommendation


The department chairman visited my classroom yesterday, enquiring as to
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