Re: pinhole hewitt, raining in oregon

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From: Algis Sodonis (asodonis@urbanschool.org)
Date: Thu Nov 04 2004 - 13:05:27 PST 

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Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2004 13:05:27 -0800
Subject: Re: pinhole hewitt, raining in oregon
From: "Algis Sodonis" <asodonis@urbanschool.org>

Hi, Mark,

A colleague of mine has recommended minds on physics. Here's a quote:

>Yes, I really like Minds on Physics and use it to supplement Hewitt. MOP really make the students think and is very well done. It owrks very well with groups of 2 or 3.

I hope this helps.

Algis Sodonis
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"Pinhole Listserv" <pinhole@exploratorium.edu> on Tuesday, November 2, 2004 at 10:05 AM -0800 wrote:
>Hi everybody,
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>I have a couple of quick questions...
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>3) I find myself rather frustrated with my teaching of physics. I spend a
>lot of time planning lessons, choosing appropriatte homework problems,
>writing tests, quizzes, etc. Most of this has nothing to do with pedagogy.
>On the other hand, we are about to embark on the use of CPM for teaching
>math. This curriculum is very packaged and allows you to concentrate on
>pedagogy instead of preparing materials. Does anybody know of a curriculum
>in physics that is well packaged like cpm is in math. Currently I use
>Hewitt and his workbook but I find that the text actually is problematic.
>It's questions seem so easy that the kids rush through them and never see
>the subtleties that he wants them to see. Any ideas on an all encompassing
>physics curriculum
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