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The only other thing I have done so far is to jot down a tentative list
of my goals for the course which I include here for your criticism,
addition, and subtraction:
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As compared to where they were prior to the course, I would like
students who complete the Conceptual Physics course:
1. To be better readers, in particular, to have improved technical
reading skills. This includes not only enhanced capabilities of
comprehending written prose but also enhanced ability to interpret
quantitative information represented in various forms such as graphs,
tables, and diagrams.
2. To be better writers and speakers, in particular, to be better able
to mean what they say and say what they mean. This includes being able
to use diagrams, graphs, tables, and equations to communicate what they
mean.
3. To know some physics well enough to be able to use their knowledge of
physics to interpret data and to make some correct predictions and
explanations of physics phenomena, by means of and in terms of physics
models.
4. To be able to use their hands, tools, and apparatus as applicable to
do things like assemble apparatus, make measurements, cause physical
phenomena to occur, and to take data.
5. To have better puzzle-solving skills. (To have improved analytical
thinking and abstract reasoning skills.)
6. To have improved mathematical skills.
7. To have more knowledge of the relevance of physics.
8. To be able to apply some of the knowledge and skills gained in the
physics course to other fields.
9. To be more familiar with the limitations of models and values. For
instance, to be aware of the conditions under which specific models
discussed in the course apply, and where they don't, and to be familiar
with the idea that a value typically is one parameter in a corresponding
distribution of values.
10. To view, if not the course as a whole, at least some aspect of the
course, as a positive experience, especially in terms of personal
growth.