Re: Reading Science/Math Texts - PART 1

[Bernard Cleyet <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>]

Richard Hake wrote:

> PART 1
> As indicated in my post "Re: Reading Science Texts," [Hake (2004)],
> high-school chemistry teacher John Mackin (2004) asked some excellent
> questions on Chemed-L [bracketed by lines "MMMMM. . . . .":
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> As I review this almost-completed year, I recognize that some of my
> students came to  chemistry class with limited abilities to learn
> from a science textbook.  This seems to be a more prevalent problem
> than in previous years.  Several questions come to mind.
>
> 1.  Are others noticing this trend?
>
> 2.  Are there any excellent resources available to teach students how
> to extract information from science texts? ......

Could the "new" method(s) of science teaching be a response to this?

As a corollary I've noticed a marked decrease in projects, e.g. Science
Fair, interest.  A fac. member at NPS who's been the co-organizer of the
County Science Fair confirmed this has occurred over ~ 15 years.

bc