The things you wish your instructor should have done in your class

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The discussion highlights common frustrations with teaching methods in physics and differential equations courses. Participants express a desire for instructors to prioritize conceptual understanding over rote exercises and to minimize careless mistakes. Additionally, there is a call for more hands-on problem-solving during lectures, as reliance on PowerPoint presentations can hinder comprehension. The consensus is that a balance between theory and practical problem-solving techniques is essential for effective learning.

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Do you think there was a problem with the way you were taught a certain subject? how would you have wanted it?I would have wanted my physics instructor to focus on the concepts more than the exercises and to try to make less careless mistakes in solving them.
Also is there something that your teacher did to teach the subject that you particularly liked?
 
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I actually have the opposite problem. Most of my professors only do theory.I would prefer if they would do only hard problems and teach interesting ways to look at problems in the field and tricks to efficiently solve them.I can get the derivations of the theory in the textbook.
 
My current diff eq proffesor uses powerpoint. It does make everything organized and allows us to look back at his work (he posts them online). However, since he doesn't actually do them out by hand I find it difficult to follow some times. I wish he would do them out by hand and post the slides for later reference. Also, since he has slides he tends to go to fast for many students (myself included) to follow.
 

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