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Arons continues to emphasize the importance of helping students gain a solid math foundation prior to the introduction of kinematics concepts. Often times, high school teachers try to "smooth out" the bumps in the algebra road under the guise of helping students, only to find out later that these students have fundamental conceptual misconceptions in kinematics which stem from their inability to do (and understand!) the algebra!
"Teaching Introductory Physics" by Arnold B Arons, pp. 32-44.
It's so hard! We have been trained to be helpful and too explain things. It is hard to sit back and watch a student struggle with comprehension. But it is vital to let them do so. It is only through the struggle that learning can happen.
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