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    I want to help Physics education. What should I do?

    Discovery approaches are generally more taxing in terms of cognitive load due the student needing to focus on all aspects of the task rather than just those relevant to the lesson. https://scispace.com/pdf/a-comparison-of-cognitive-load-associated-with-discovery-506tao6xh7.pdf - this article...
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    I want to help Physics education. What should I do?

    I disagree - there's been interesting new developments in the field of psychology, namely Cognitive Load Theory, that support direct instruction.
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    I want to help Physics education. What should I do?

    I don't have an issue with chalk and talk - after all, pretty much every YouTube video is limited to that format, and there are some excellent YouTube videos out there (3blue1brown, Frederic Schuller's lectures). https://theamericanscholar.org/why-so-many-kids-struggle-to-learn/
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    Other Complex analysis or calculus?

    Did you do your bachelor's in engineering?
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    Other Complex analysis or calculus?

    The book I linked also covers calculus in the complex plane.
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    Other Master's degree advice to work in the Space Industry

    What do you think you would get out of an MS in physics that you wouldn't get out of an MS in EE?
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    Other Complex analysis or calculus?

    You mean this one?
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    Other Complex analysis or calculus?

    A lot of complex analysis books are super rigorous and meant for mathematicians rather than physics students. A good applied text is the one by Zill - the first chapter starts with complex numbers so you can do it before calculus, but it will eventually start using calculus and assume you...
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    Foundations A rigorous approach to learn Mathematics

    Spivak is closer to an analysis text than a calculus text. Thomas and Stewart are better options for a first course, maybe Apostol if you're super ambitious.
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    Why do we spend so little time learning grammar in college?

    Apparently, "her" is correct if you use "than" as a preposition: https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/i%E2%80%99m-older-than-her-she.3935485/
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    Why do we spend so little time learning grammar in college?

    At most of the schools I've looked at, college algebra (which is taken before precalculus) is a remedial course
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    Why do we spend so little time learning grammar in college?

    IMO, basic grammar (the kind necessary to avoid grammatical errors) should be included or at least required in any college-level writing course.
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    Astronomy Looking for a book on the effects of orbits on celestial observations

    Kutner and Karttunen are astronomy books for physics majors
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    Courses What are the best A-Level options for someone wanting to do Physics?

    IIRC you need to be 18 or older to join toastmasters. OP could contact them and  ask if they have any upcoming events or opportunities for under-18s: https://d71toastmasters.org/member/kit-barritt