Re: [Phys-l] Any teaching tips

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@hep.anl.gov>]

Sounds like a communications problem,  To the uninitiated mind, "known" 
and "unknowns" have nothing to do with units.  Maybe you're taking too big 
a logical step.  Try putting the dialogeue at an infant level:  "What do I 
want you to tell me ?"

"Trust me.  I have a lot of experience at this."
		General Custer's unremembered message to his men,
		just before leading them into the Little Big Horn Valley




On Wed, 26 Jan 2011, Rman Towndog wrote:

> I'm teaching Physics (Algebra Based), we are learning about kinematics in 1-D.
> I have students that have trouble listing knowns and unknowns.  I tried to get
> the students to learn the units (e.g. speed is m/s, etc), so they would know how
> to do this step, but it's been largely unsuccessful.  Any tips?
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