A quick post today as I take a break in marking computing assignments.
I saw on Twitter a post about not recognising Greek letters in physics equations:
I think I do try to teach the names of the symbols I use when I use them, but maybe I don't. Maybe I just say them out loud as I read or write them down and hope that's enough, but it seems from the Twitter responses above that it's probably not. Would be interested to hear anyone's experiences on the matter.
I saw on Twitter a post about not recognising Greek letters in physics equations:
and a response from someone who teaches physicsStudent:" is the cactus the wavefunction in the Schrödinger equation?"— Feier Hou 😺🐶⚗️📚 (@happykitten62) January 12, 2019
Me: "the what?"
Student: "the cactus! That!"
They then pointed at psi...🤣🤣
Looking through many of the responses, it seems that it is a common problem among physics students to not have learnt or be able to pick up from context the names of the symbols used in physics equations if they are Greek letters (or other unfamiliar symbols presumably).There is a serious point here. Most students do not learn Greek in school anymore. You absolutely must *teach* the Greek alphabet as you introduce symbols.— Dr Andrew Robinson (@AndrewR_Physics) January 13, 2019
I think I do try to teach the names of the symbols I use when I use them, but maybe I don't. Maybe I just say them out loud as I read or write them down and hope that's enough, but it seems from the Twitter responses above that it's probably not. Would be interested to hear anyone's experiences on the matter.
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