Productive learning : science, art, and Einstein's relativity in educational reform /: science, art, and Einstein's relativity in educational reform. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stanisław D. Głazek, Seymour B. Sarason.
• Other Names: Głazek, Stanislaw D; Sarason, Seymour Bernard, 1919-2010
• Contents: About the Authors; Acknowledgments; 1. Structure of the Book; 2. And What Do You Mean by Learning?; 3. Mr. Holland’s Opus; 4. Transition From Music to E = mc Squared; 5. A Letter to the Reader; 6. Light Carries Energy; 7. How Fast Is Light?; 8. What Is Light? What Is Ether?; 9. How Can We Describe the Energy of Light?; 10. The Principle of Conservation of Energy; 11. Max and Ming: Light in the Matchbox; 12. Max and Ming Build Their Frames of Reference; 13. What Time Is It on a Distant Clock?; 14. Max and Ming Review the Concept of Time; 15. Einstein’s Theory of Relativity; 16. How E = mc Squared Comes About; 17. Toward a Conception of Learning; Appendices; Appendix A: Energy of Motion of a Body; Appendix B: Frequencies and Energies of Photons If Time Is Absolute; Appendix C: Max’s Time Coordinates of Four Events; Appendix D: Is the Speed of Light Special?; Appendix E: Einstein’s Relationship Between Frames of Reference; Appendix F: Time and the Pythagorean Theorem; Appendix G: How Gamma Depends on v; Appendix H: Energy of Photons According to Ming; Appendix I: How Absorption of Light Changes Mass; Appendix J: Lenard and Einstein; Notes; Index
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : Corwin
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (280 pages)
• Subjects: 370/.973; Learning; Educational change -- United States; Science -- Study and teaching -- United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483360072; 1483360075
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