Tutorials In Introductory Physics and Homework Package  (English, Book, McDermott Lillian)

For use as a supplemental text for conceptual recitation/tutorial sections of introductory undergraduate physics courses.

Tutorials in Introductory Physics present a series of physics tutorials designed by a leading physics education research group.  Emphasizing the development of concepts and scientific reasoning skills, the tutorials focus on the specific conceptual and reasoning difficulties that students tend to encounter.

Salient Features

• Specifically address important concepts that are difficult for most students-These have been identified through two decades of research and teaching experience.
• Tutorials have been extensively tested with students-They are continually modified based on the results of post-tests of student learning.
• Standard instruction supplement-Without requiring major changes to the course structure. The tutorial can be used with any of the major introductory physics texts.
• Collaborative learning-Intended to be used in a small-group environment of three to four students.
• Each topic includes a sequence of worksheets and assignments:
• Pretests-Short, free-response qualitative questions that test understanding of basic physics concepts. These are usually administered after material has been covered in lecture and prior to the tutorial.
• Tutorial worksheets-Consist of carefully designed questions that address the specific areas identified as difficult and guide students through the reasoning needed to develop a sound qualitative understanding of important concepts.
• Tutorial homework-Reinforces and extends what has been learned in the tutorial.
• Examinations-Sample exam questions are provided in the instructor's guide.
• Packaged components: the Tutorials & the Homework Manual-NOT bound together so that students don't have to carry both. However, they are only available for sale shrinkwrapped together.