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An Integrated Mechanics and Calculus Course for Poorly Prepared Students: Avoiding the All-too-Pervasive Assumption that Students have a Common Starting Point

This article reports on a new coordinated introductory precalculus, calculus, and mechanics course designed to overcome the barriers presented by trad...

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Targeted Test Revision—Another Approach to Science Testing: Treating Physics Learning as a Work in Progress

The essential feature of the "targeted test revision" process is that students are encouraged to rework exam problems that they did not complete succe...

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What Works in the Nonmajors' Science Laboratory: Some Practical Advice on How to Build a Workable and Meaningful Introductory Science Laboratory

Science laboratories can be "cookbook" or discovery based. Since nonmajors usually lack experience in and motivation for the laboratory, a balanced us...

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Point of View: Is Learning Just a Matter of Tricks? So Why are We Educating? A Rude Awakening for a Science Educator—Promoting Meaning Becomes an Endangered Concept

This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. In this month’s issue find out what the author f...