Re: California Science Framework

[Rick Tarara <rtarara@SAINTMARYS.EDU>]

However, it also seems that with the math skills of today's general
education student, you can send a class to the lab to investigate the
relationship between current and voltage (using black boxes--actually
precision resistors) where they obtain beautifully linear plots and have
many (most) have no idea of the significance of this result.  ;-(

Rick (who obviously has just graded --61--lab books)

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Cohen" <Robert.Cohen@PO-BOX.ESU.EDU>

> This conclusion supports the initial statement (at the beginning
> of the section) which is that "some knowledge is best learned
> by having students read about the subject or hear about it
> from the teacher" (quote taken from Larry's link).
>
> Regardless of whether I agree with their conclusion (I don't)
> and regardless of their confusion about what Ohm's law is,
> I find the use of this example as support for their conclusion
> quite misguided and a bit frightening.