Re: [Phys-l] general science surveys anyone?

[Trevor Fink <tmfink@ilstu.edu>]

Sorry I misrepresented that.  I must have gotten the two days confused in my
head.  Now that you say that I remember that it relates to the slinky.
Either way, the point is that it is helpful to make the students not feel
like, "I'm so dumb."  It would, after all, be extremely easy for the student
to get down on their self for not knowing something that is seemingly
elementary...that is, of course, assuming the student cares.

Trevor


On 6/2/08 11:45 AM, "marx@phy.ilstu.edu" <marx@phy.ilstu.edu> wrote:

> I am the physics professor in question...and I just want to clarify what
> trevor wrote.
>
> While I do ask students, via clickers, about moon phases and the majority get
> it wrong, I do not say
> that physicists miss this question.  We then go on to a detailed explanation
> as to how the moon phases
> occur before doing a group activity on the topic.
>
> My comment about physicsts getting it wrong relates to an interactive
> demonstration that I do with a
> slinky.
>
> David Marx
> Physics Department
> Illinois State University
>
> On 2 Jun 2008 at 10:58, Trevor Fink wrote:
>
> > My physics professor asked us one question: Why does the moon go through
> > phases?  The majority of us got it wrong.  It was important that he told us
> > that the question was asked to a room full of leading physicists and many of
> > them got it wrong.  It made us feel like ok, maybe I'm not that big of a
> > moron and I'm capable of learning this.  If his story was true or not, I
> > don't know.
> >
> > I just went and tested the quizzes, these are my findings:
> >
> > > http://www.eslcafe.com/quiz/science1.html
> > Appropriate for a 5th grader or, as the test indicates, to familiarize an
> > ESL student.
> >
> > > http://www.1001funquizzes.com/free-iq-test?gatherer_id=100332&gclid=CJfijN32
> > > 1Z
> > > MCFQytGgod6E8qiQ
> > This IQ test is not like any other I've ever taken and requires the student
> > to know pop culture, state nicknames, and classic jazz.  Further, it
> > requires you to sign up for a special offer at the end to see your score.  I
> > guess I'll never know...
> >
> > > http://triviapark.com/quizzes/qzs1x/q1.html
> > Fairly easy, but I missed one.
> >
> > > http://education.jlab.org/million/question.php?99254515
> > This was the most fun because of the format and had the best questions, IMHO
> >
> > > http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/sci__tech/miscellaneous_science.html
> > A large compellation of quizzes.
> >
> > Trevor
> >
> >
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