[Phys-L] Re: Aristotelian thinking among modern students

[anngeorg at PACBELL.NET (Bernard Cleyet)]

I like to think I had something to do w/ it.

One of my Santa Barbara x's degreed at SLO city U.  She'd say she was
going to SLO city to whatever.   I've several times written SLO city and
Calpoly slo city, to differentiate from the one where the IP writes.

bc, who's met Slo John at AAPT mtngs there.

p.s. I think he's got a great ADV. Lab program there.

Ludwik Kowalski wrote:

> 1) I hope that somebody planing to write a really innovating
> Introductory Physics textbook pays attention to some of our threads.
> Most textbooks are essentially similar because authors (and publishers)
> do not want to take a chance. On the other hand, a really innovating
> text is needed. An author and publisher willing to take a chance might
> be able to produce something that is not only useful but profitable as
> well.
>
> 2) I am puzzled by the "Slo" in your signature file John. It wasn't
> there last year. What does it represent?
>
> Ludwik Kowalski
> Let the perfect not be the enemy of the good.
>
>
> On Oct 20, 2005, at 1:55 PM, John Mallinckrodt wrote:
>
>
> > > I can understand students' misunderstanding with regard to velocity
> > > being zero and acceleration not being zero, but I am amazed that

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