The Mathematical Needs of Students in the Physical Sciences

Jack Lochhead
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Jack Lochhead: University of Massachusetts, Cognitive Development Project

A chapter in The Future of College Mathematics, 1983, pp 55-70 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract My task in this paper is to consider proposed changes in the mathematics curriculum from the point of view of a physics teacher. To do that I first need to distinguish between what students ought to be learning and what they do in fact learn. On the surface the present calculus curriculum is ideally suited to the needs of physics students; but a significant change seems in order when one examines the type of knowledge students are currently gaining. Thus the bulk of my paper will deal with certain problems in the calculus curriculum that I would hope will be effectively addressed by any new curriculum.

Keywords: Algebraic Expression; Mathematics Curriculum; Physics Teacher; Current Curriculum; Conceptual Referent (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1983
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-5510-9_5

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