Building Problem-Solving Skills in PhysicsFirst Classroom

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Dec 2006

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2007 AAS/AAPT Joint Meeting, American Astronomical Society Meeting 209, #03.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, V

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One of the common objections to teaching PhysicsFirst is that the limited mathematics background of high-school freshmen does not allow for rigorous problem-solving. I argue that problem solving can, in fact, be a central part of a freshman physics course and that the lack of cognitive maturity and certain skills, rather than that of mathematics knowledge, is the main limiting issue. I will present several teaching techniques that I have found useful as well as examples of fairly challenging problems that have been solved (or NOT solved despite all the effort) in my Honors Physics freshman classes.

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