Many students in my courses quickly realize that I do not
believe in traditional lecturing. In order to remove confusion,
I have created this page. This page gives an outline of why I
teach the way I do. It includes what I think learning is and
what I think students should do to learn. You should know that I
have not just made this stuff up - most of this comes from
research-based studies on student learning. The goal is to make
you better learners and hopefully do better in physics. Students
have different learning styles There are several different
preferred learning styles that each student has. Some may learn
better by looking at something, whereas another student may
learn better by hearing something. Some students learn better by
working with others, while others do better working alone. You
should be aware of the different learning styles. There are
several websites devoted to learning styles. Here is one. And R.
Felder has extensive resources on Learning Styles. As well as an
Index of Learning Styles