Articles Tagged with physics

A difficult problem

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Too hard

The challenge problem was difficult.  The interesting question is: why?

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Too simple, or not simple enough

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Modeling stars

How do you know when you’ve included all the important things?

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Misnaming things

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The astronomer’s dictionary

Misleading terms make learning Astronomy harder.

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Teaching to the test (II)

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Good questions?

The hardest part of teaching may be finding good questions to ask.

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Burnout

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Long-serving workers

How long is too long to do a single task?

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The answers

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and explanations

We present the answers to last week’s conundrums.

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Breadcrumbs

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Not even suggestions

Our tutor’s activities sometimes depart from the syllabus.

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Aldehydes and ketones

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The road not taken

Our tutor considers past alternatives.

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Big Bang vs. Steady State

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A misremembered episode

The Big Bang won.  But not the way it’s normally presented.

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Not just typos

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Wrong answers in the books

We’re puzzled by problems with certain books that should be authoritative.

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