Conceptual Physics--Turning Nonscience Students on to Their Everyday Environments.

Hewitt, Paul G.

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Conceptual Physics--Turning Nonscience Students on to Their Everyday Environments

Hewitt, Paul G.

Physics Teacher, 10, 9, 515,522-524, Dec 72

A description of a one-semester college course with an enrollment of over 1,000 which has been taught for eight years. Success is based on the presentation in nonmathematical language, emphasis on the relationship of physics to students' everyday environment, and lack of laboratories. (DF)

Descriptors: College Science, Concept Teaching, Course Descriptions, Instruction, Physics, Science Education, Scientific Concepts

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