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Peer reviewedKincanon, Eric – Physics Teacher, 1996
Presents a course, Physics and Time, that centers on a few topics that students with limited mathematics training and no previous science can explore in depth. Discusses concepts of time, measuring time, arrows of time, and linearity versus nonlinearity. (JRH)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Higher Education, Physics, Scientific Concepts
Peer reviewedHewitt, Paul G. – Physics Teacher, 1972
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
Peer reviewedCothern, C. R. – Physics Teacher, 1973
Descriptors: College Science, Course Descriptions, Curriculum, Energy
Peer reviewedProkop, Charles F. – Physics Teacher, 1988
Describes a high school physics teaching sequence including more modern topics. The first quarter covers cosmology, astronomy, optics, wave mechanics, relativity, gravity, and quantum theory. The second quarter covers classical mechanics. The third quarter covers electromagnetism and electronics. The fourth quarter consists of thermodynamics and…
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Descriptions, Physics, Science Curriculum
Peer reviewedDellaValle, James – Physics Teacher, 1974
Discusses experience of teaching a "Search in Science" course to college nonscience majors entitled "From Myth to Mechanism: A Study of Man's Changing Concepts of the Universe from Early Mythological Beliefs to the Development of Modern Scientific Laws." Historical explanation of the development of physical concepts is stressed. (CC)
Descriptors: College Science, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Instruction
Peer reviewedFarbstein, Moritz – Physics Teacher, 1971
Axiology is a branch of philosophy devoted to worth." A unit of study is described utilizing group discussion in the developing of awareness in students of the value of scientific theories and their own standards of judgement as well as the standards of others. (Author/TS)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Group Discussion, Instruction, Physics
Peer reviewedSchmidt, Martin F., Jr. – Physics Teacher, 1995
Describes the reordering of a ninth-grade physics course that aimed at making core concepts clear to the students while at the same time developing students' skills and depth of understanding. Discusses its benefits and associated problems. (JRH)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Mathematics, Physics, Science Course Improvement Projects
Peer reviewedLong, Dale D. – Physics Teacher, 1978
Describes a physics course concerned with the physical principles underlying devices used and natured occurrences observed in daily experience. (SL)
Descriptors: College Science, Course Descriptions, Fundamental Concepts, Higher Education
Peer reviewedLevinstein, Henry – Physics Teacher, 1982
Outlines a course in which toys are used to demonstrate physics concepts, stressing available or easily constructed toys. A recent lecture sequence included toys demonstrating equilibrium, force/torque, linear/angular momentum conservation, energy conservation/storage, flying, vibrations, programed music, and others. Illustrations of selected toys…
Descriptors: College Science, Course Descriptions, Demonstrations (Educational), High Schools
