Re: trig woes. etc

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From: Van E. Neie
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 1994 17:19

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As to your question regarding whether physics has to be taught in some
sequence--of course not!  Some sequences make more sense LOGICALLY, but as
a practical matter, many variations on the sequence can be made successfully
(or as successfully as others).  I have started courses with optics without
any problems at all.  I have started with fluid statics and dynamics without
doing Newton's Laws.  You have to introduce some concepts that would have
been introduced earlier in a more traditional sequence, but I have found it
easy to do, and in some cases, more enriching.

The bottom line is--you do what works for you.
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Van E. Neie                                      ven@physics.purdue.edu
Purdue University                                neie@purccvm.bitnet
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