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But I'd respectfuly suggest that the issue should not
be framed as to whether traditional methods produce
good scientists and engineers, but rather what happens
to all the other physics students (who in fact are the
majority). Let's say there was a traditional way to
teach hitting in baseball and all the .300 hitters
were interviewed to see what they thought of their
instruction. I suggest that the vast majority would
heartily endorse it. But what about the .225 hitters?
What would they say? The fact that the top 3-4% of the
population can make the conceptual connections given
traditional instruction (ie, heavy emphasis on
quantittaive problems) says, IMHO, nothing about
whether or not this is the best approach for the
majority of our students. John Barrere