Re: [Phys-L] Energy Concept Inventory

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

John!

My point was (is) pub. schools can not because of Federal and most state restrictions.   It's possible for private schools to do it.

I know of one whose physics teacher is a grad. of AZ and is a "modeler".

bc 

On 2012, Jul 08, , at 23:00, John Clement wrote:

> No way.  The private schools ape the public schools.  The metastudy of
> different types of schools showed that on average private schoold did not do
> better than public schools.  Believe me, I have seen that the teaching is
> not that different.  Because of the lower salaries at many private schools
> they lose teachers to the public schools.  Some private school systems are
> sub par.  The Catholic schools scored lower in math, but Lutheran schools
> scored higher.  Go figure.
>
> John M. Clement
> Houston, TX
>
>
> > This all assumes "we" are teaching thinking and practice in 
> > addition to physics "factoids".   Only private schools may do this?
>
>
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