| * * * A semi-neutral comment... * * *
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| (5) If there is presently a "physical science" course being
| taught as 9th-grade science, then "physics first" is nothing
| but educational buzzword hoopla. The traditional 9th-grade
| physical science class that's been taught for decades
| essentially *is* physics first. That doesn't mean it
| couldn't be taught better. But when it is taught well it is
| what the "physics first" advocates say we need, yet we've had
| it all along.
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| Michael D. Edmiston, Ph.D.
| Professor of Physics and Chemistry
| Bluffton University
| Bluffton, OH 45817
| (419)-358-3270
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|
Mike's item (5) is a well stated version of my basic opinion.