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Re: [Phys-l] "filling" the space in an atom




"The rule for getting along in school is don't think about the
right answer; think about what the /expected/ answer is."



Yeah, back in the 50s we called psyching the Prof.

Is this a recent phenomena or has it been true for millennia?

bc

p.s. Headline in London tabloid this summer: (paraphrase) Sixth former marked down for too sophisticated an answer.

I suspect the article was an excuse for a pic. of a very pretty "girl".



John Denker wrote:

On 10/25/2006 05:35 PM, Karim Diff wrote:


Can the question "Is the electron in that region?" be answered with a definite "Yes" or "No" ? (unless I misunderstand what "very likely to be no" means here). It seems to me the best we can do is to say what the probability of finding the electron in that region is.


That's an interesting and tricky question. Some possible answers
include:

-- If you look closely enough, almost everything is a probability.


cut


BC wrote:


a case of being penalized for knowing too much.


Yeah, I reckon so.

It's little wonder that students tend to exhibit rote memorization
and not exhibit thinking or initiative or independence in school.

The rule for getting along in school is don't think about the
right answer; think about what the /expected/ answer is.

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