Re: ...yeah, its better to get the students "prepped" for a test they haveto take than for them not to

["Richard W. Tarara" <rtarara@SAINTMARYS.EDU>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Barlow Newbolt" <NewboltW@WLU.EDU>

> ..yeah, its better to get the students "prepped" for a test they have
> to take than for them not to learn anything.  What we must not do is
> confuse these sessions with a balanced presentation of the intellectual
> content of some subject.  And we must not use the scores to evaluate the
> knowledge of the student nor the effectiveness of the teaching.
> WBN
>
> Barlow Newbolt

Exactly!  This is why I worry about the reliance on the FCI (Force Concept
Inventory) test to prove anything and everything about Physics Education
Research.

Rick