Ontario Association of Physics Teachers
Annual Conference
27 - 29 May 2004

Ontario Section of the AAPT


Shawn Bullock
Reading and Writing Physics


Physics textbooks, especially those at the high school and first year university level, can be among the most challenging things that our students have to read. Yet we routinely ask students to 'read over' things in the text book and construct meaning from what they read. This presentation will highlight some simple pedagogy that can help students learn to read physics textbooks and journal articles more effectively. The power of the written word for constructing physics knowledge will also be explored.