October 22, 2022
VT Northern Virginia Center
US/Eastern timezone
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Using math in physics: What’s the problem?

Oct 22, 2022, 11:00 AM
1h
Room 214 (VT Northern Virginia Center)

Room 214

VT Northern Virginia Center

7054 Haycock Rd, Falls Church, VA 22043

Speaker

Prof. Edward F. "Joe" Redish (University of Maryland College Park)

Description

I often find the students in my intro physics classes have trouble with the math even though they’ve done well in all the pre-req math classes. It turns out using math in science isn’t the same as in a math class. I analyze what’s going on and make suggestions for helping them to deal with the differences.

This seminar will be interactive. If you have a smartphone, tablet, or laptop with the Chrome or Firefox browser (Safari doesn’t work - sorry) you can log into https://app.tophat.com/e/132795 (choose to log in as guest) and you’ll be able to contribute answers to my questions.

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