Vibrations and Waves

TheEducationResearchCenterattheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(formerlytheScienceTeachingCenter)wasestablishedtostudytheprocessofinstruction，aidsthereto，andthelearningprocessitself，withspecialreferencetoscienceteachingattheuniversitylevel.Generoussupportfromanumberoffoundationsprovidedthemeansforassemblingandmaintaininganexperiencedstafftoco-operatewithmembersoftheInstitute'sPhysicsDepartmentintheexamination，improvement，anddevelopmentofphysicscurriculummaterialsforstudentsplanningcareersinthesciences.Aftercarefulanalysisofobjectivesandtheproblemsinvolved，preliminaryversionsoftextbookswereprepared，testedthroughclassroomuseatM.I.T.andotherinstitutions，re-evaluated，rewritten，andtriedagain.Onlythenwerethefinalmanuscriptsundertaken.，TheEducationResearchCenterattheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(formerlytheScienceTeachingCenter)wasestablishedtostudytheprocessofinstruction，aidsthereto，andthelearningprocessitself，withspecialreferencetoscienceteachingattheuniversitylevel.Generoussupportfromanumberoffoundationsprovidedthemeansforassemblingandmaintaininganexperiencedstafftoco-operatewithmembersoftheInstitute'sPhysicsDepartmentintheexamination，improvement，anddevelopmentofphysicscurriculummaterialsforstudentsplanningcareersinthesciences.Aftercarefulanalysisofobjectivesandtheproblemsinvolved，preliminaryversionsoftextbookswereprepared，testedthroughclassroomuseatM.I.T.andotherinstitutions，re-evaluated，rewritten，andtriedagain.Onlythenwerethefinalmanuscriptsundertaken.