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Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 20:31:28 -0600 (CST)*********************************************************************
From: Tim Burgess <tburgess@JAGUAR1.USOUTHAL.EDU>
Subject: Re: What to teach (was: American students do poorly)
.. Our struggle is not with ill prepared students. The struggle is with a
system that does not recognize the need for widespread science and math
fluency. Colleges and Universities could require exposure to upper level
math and sciences and following this event the national k-12 system would
be revamped.
I want to confirm that physics (especially) provides opportunity for
students to learn how to discover. It provides a conceptual framework
for the mechanics of all the other sciences. Understanding the physics
of anything is something all students should have an opportunity to do.
Tim