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Re: Misconceptions assessments?

On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, John Denker wrote:

RAC reports that "most" pre-service teachers suffer from misconceptions in
this area. And those are educated professional intellectuals! I can't
bear to imagine what the general populace thinks about scientific "proof".

Are my experiences unique? Out of 13 students in my class, 9 agreed that
a scientific law is a scientific theory that has been proven correct. All
have been through at least 3 years of undergraduate science (and about
half already possess an undergraduate degree).

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