Week of December 4th

This week was very similar to last week, which was surprising because it is the week before finals week. I had no students come to my Tuesday hours. During my Wednesday hours, I had one student come in. He was looking for help understanding heat transfer and work done on gasses. I was able to work through a few homework problems with him and explain to him concepts such as why the work done on a gas is zero when there is no change in pressure. I then worked through the rest of the homework with him until he was able to do the rest on his own. Again, it seemed that once the students have a conceptual grasp of the material it is much easier for them to solve the problems in the homework.