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Highlights: Readings that specify the skills and methods needed to learn to blend symbolic math with science.

Abstract: Students typically see a large gap between what they have learned to do in math and what they are asked to with it in a science class. There are four collections of readings. (1) Math Readings - A general discussion of the nature of the use of math in science. (2) Math Review - Recaps of the math that will be used in the class but discussed in a science context focusing on conceptual meaning. (3) Building your mathematical toolbelt - a set of general methods for blending math with science. (4) Reading the content - discussion of key equations and how the math codes for physics concepts.

Resource Types: Student reading

Authors:

Edward Redish (he/him)

University of Maryland, College Park

NEXUS Physics

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Physics Topics:

Classical Mechanics

Electricity & Magnetism

Fluid Mechanics

Optics

Oscillations & Waves

Thermo & Stat Mech

Life Sciences Topics:

Human and Animal Physiology

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Math Topics:

Algebra; Exponentials and Logarithms; Geometry; Trigonometry

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