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Poor selection of link. Fortunately the author saw us and pointed us toward the articles instead of the raw notes: http://amasci.com/miscon/whyhard1.html#def


I am not sure that is a big improvement. I dipped in here, and what I found was mostly a repetitive litany of complaints.


The entire essay-collection is a critique of grade-school electricity textbook chapters, in the USA. (I don't know if the texts in other countries are promoting the same misconceptions.) To avoid reading critiques/corrections, go to any other site except mine. Also see:

Am I just a pedantic nitpicker?

http://amasci.com/miscon/nitpik.html

To deeply grasp physics, often one must UN-learn the common misconceptions which were acquired in our early school careers. The misconceptions in this list are the ones believed by educators, and taught to students.


For those who don't like raw notes, why not read the finished articles instead?

The index to the large collection is here: http://amasci.com/ele-edu.html


This should be the top comment.




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