Re: [Phys-l] laptops banned from class.

["Anthony Lapinski" <Anthony_Lapinski@pds.org>]

Physics is a highly visual subject. Like Hewitt, I teach concepts before
calculations. We teachers love to talk and write. It's difficult for most
students to figure out what's important in a lesson. Prepared notes give
them the option of following along or writing stuff down. Peer instruction
is also valuable -- have the students learn from each other. And most
physics textbooks are very hard to read/understand. And trying to cover
the entire book effectively is impossible. Less is more.

Forum for Physics Educators <phys-l@carnot.physics.buffalo.edu> writes:
> Somewhere in this conversation we might want to address the need to
> teach and reinforce what it means to "take good notes."  If we provide
> all the materials all the time, some students never develop the skill to
> pay attention and identify what's important.  This includes, in my mind,
> the skill to take good laboratory notes and properly record data.
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