Wow! This article is intense! “Understanding energy as a subtle concept: A model for teaching and learning energy.”
VERY PROVOCATIVE! Good Job Gene! I love it!
“Instead it deals primarily with three related concerns: first, it shows that the present widely held understanding of “energy” is inadequate for several reasons; second, it argues that potential energy is a highly useful bookkeeping device and not an empirical measurable quantity; and third, it provides a more modern way to appreciate what energy, in totality, is. No matter how effectively we teach outmoded formulations, we fail.” – Hecht
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