Memorizing vs. Understanding in Physics

Memorizing vs. Understanding in Physics (4:34)

In physics many students discover they need to learn to understand the material rather than memorize it. This video discusses and shows examples of the differences between the two.

Content Times:
0:15 Describing the issue
0:52 One example of Memorizing vs. Understanding
1:49 A second example of Memorizing vs. Understanding
2:29 Drawing connections between problems using components as an example
3:29 More examples of when we use components
4:06 Understand “Why” not just “How"

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Videos referenced during this video:

An Introductory Projectile Motion Problem with an Initial Horizontal Velocity
Nerd-A-Pult - An Introductory Projectile Motion Problem
Nerd-A-Pult #2 - Another Projectile Motion Problem
An Introductory Relative Motion Problem
An introductory Relative Motion Problem with Vector Components
Relative Motion Problem: Solving for the angle of the moving object