Tutorials in Introductory Physics, Volume 2This landmark book presents a series of physics tutorials designed by a leading physics education researcher. Emphasizing the development of concepts and scientific reasoning skill, the tutorials focus on the specific conceptual and reasoning difficulties that students tend to find the most difficult. This is a Preliminary Version offering tutorials for a range of topics is Mechanics, E & M, Waves & Optics. The complete tutorials will be published in 1999. |
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