One rotates about one's knees, because although
one's shoes were slick, as soon as one's
stocking feet come in contact with the ice,
they stick to the surface. ;-)
But seriously, should we limit the phrasing of
test questions to words that improve student
scores, or is the ability to decode the
physics in a word problem a skill that should
be tested?
Daniel Crowe
Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics
Ardmore Regional Center
dcrowe@sotc.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Cohen [mailto:Robert.Cohen@PO-BOX.ESU.EDU]
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 2:01 PM
To: PHYS-L@lists.nau.edu
Subject: Re: the words used in problems
Suppose one is stuck in the middle of a frozen lake
and one's shoes are so slick that one cannot get any
traction between one's shoes and the surface. Suppose
one then takes one's shoe off and throws it as hard as
one can. Describe one's subsequent motion.
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East Stroudsburg University; E. Stroudsburg, PA 18301