[Physltest] [Phys-L] Re: Action regarding Dr. Wolf's recent post [CA Stds. Test in Physics]

[Richard Hake <rrhake@EARTHLINK.NET>]

In his Math-Teach post of 11 Jan 2005 02:41:30-0500 of the above
title, Victor Steinbok wrote [bracketed by lines "SSSSSS. . ."]:

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  At 09:14 PM 1/10/2005, luciepoirier wrote:
> I guess that the "intend" of the question is to assess if students can make
> the distinction between a "conclusion", a "hypothesis", a "procedure" or a
> "theory".

And the proper conclusion to draw from this question . . . [#3 of the
California STAR test on physics]. . . is that not one person  in the
state hierarchy who had inspected - or had purported to inspect -
this  question for accuracy and appropriateness has a clue about this
distinction.
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Well said, Victor Steinbok !!

Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
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