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| All I need to do to understand most of the basic ideas
in this course is just read the text, work most of the problems,
and/or pay close attention in class.
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| All I learn from a derivation or proof of a formula
is that the formula obtained is valid
and that it is OK to use it in problems.
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| I go over my class notes carefully
to prepare for tests in this course.
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| Problem solving in physics basically means
matching problems with facts or equations
and then substituting values to get a number.
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| Learning physics made me change some of my ideas
about how the physical world works.
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| I spend a lot of time figuring out
and understanding at least some of the derivations or proofs
given either in class or in the text.
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| I read the tent in detail
and work through many of the examples given there.
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| In this course, I do not expect to understand
equations in an intuitive sense; they just have to be taken as givens.
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| The best way for me to learn physics is
by solving many problems rather than by carefully
analyzing a few in detail.
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| Physical laws have little relation to
what I experience in the real world.
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| A good understanding of physics is necessary for me
to achieve my career goals.
A good grade in this course is not enough.
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| Knowledge in physics consists of many pieces of information
each of which applies primarily to a specific situation.
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| My grade in this course is primarily determined by
how familiar I am with the material.
Insight or creativity has little to do with it.
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| Learning physics is a matter of acquiring knowledge
that is specifically located in the laws, principles,
and equations given in class and/or in the textbook.
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| In doing a physics problem, if my calculation
gives a result that differs significantly
from what I expect, I'd have to trust the calculation.
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| The derivations or proofs of equations in class
or in the text has little to do with solving problems
or with the skills I need to succeed in this course.
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| Only very few specially qualified people
are capable of really understanding physics.
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| To understand physics, I sometimes think about
my personal experiences and relate them to the topic being analyzed.
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| The moss crucial thing in solving a physics problem
is finding the right equation to use.
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| If I don't remember a particular equation
needed for a problem in an exam there's nothing much I can do
(legally!) to come up with it.
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| If I came up with two different approaches to a problem
and they gave different answers, I would not worry about it;
I would just choose the answer that seemed most reasonable.
(Assume the answer is not in the back of the book.)
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| Physics is related to the real world
and it sometimes helps to think about the connection,
but it is rarely essential for what I have to do in this course.
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| The main skill I get out of this course
is learning how to solve physics problems.
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| The results of an exam don't give me any useful guidance
to improve my understanding of the course material.
All the learning associated with an exam is in
the studying I do before it takes place.
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| Learning physics helps me understand situations
in my everyday life.
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| When I solve most exam or homework problems,
I explicitly think about the concepts that underlie the problem.
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| Understanding physics basically means being able to recall
something you've read or been shown.
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| Spending a lot of time (half an hour or more)
working on a problem is a waste of time.
If I don't make progress quickly, I'd be better off asking someone
who knows more than I do.
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| A significant problem in this course is being able to
memorize all the information I need to know.
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| The main skill I get out of this course
is to learn how to reason logically about the physical world.
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| I use the mistakes I make on homework and on exam problems
as clues to what I need to do to understand the material better.
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| To be able to use an equation in a problem
(particularly in a problem that I haven't seen before),
I need to know more than what each term in the equation represents.
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| It is possible to pass this course (get a "C" or better)
without understanding physics very well.
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| Learning physics requires that I substantially rethink,
restructure, and reorganize the information that I am given in class
and/or in the text.
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