Re: [Phys-L] explanation (was: causation)

[bernard cleyet <bernard@cleyet.org>]

> On 2019/Feb/15, at 13:55, John Denker via Phys-l <phys-l@mail.phys-l.org> wrote:
>
> Some people immediately answer "true" to the given question.  They
> know it "must" be true because it is a direct quote from the Next
> Generation Science Standards, which have been adopted as mandatory
> for high schools in a great many states.
>
> If the NGSS had said that electrical interactions were *part* of
> the explanation, I wouldn't be complaining.  But that's not what
> they said.
>
> To rub salt in the wound, all the lesson plans I've seen that
> address this element of the standard go roughly like this:
>  a) Assert the statement we are trying to prove:
>    Thing A "explains" thing B.
>  b) Carry out some unrelated pointless activity.
>  c) Assert that the statement has been proved.




Jump to navigation <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Generation_Science_Standards#mw-head>Jump to search <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Generation_Science_Standards#p-search>The Next Generation Science Standards is a multi-state effort in the United States to create new education standards that are "rich in content and practice, arranged in a coherent manner across disciplines and grades to provide all students an internationally benchmarked science education."[1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Generation_Science_Standards#cite_note-1> The standards were developed by a consortium of 26 states and by the National Science Teachers Association <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Science_Teachers_Association>, the American Association for the Advancement of Science <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science>, the National Research Council <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_National_Research_Council>, and Achieve, a nonprofit organization that was also involved in developing math and English standards.[2] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Generation_Science_Standards#cite_note-Times-2>[3] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Generation_Science_Standards#cite_note-3>[4] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Generation_Science_Standards#cite_note-4>[5] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Generation_Science_Standards#cite_note-5> The public was also invited to review the standards,[6] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Generation_Science_Standards#cite_note-6> and organizations such as the California Science Teachers Association encouraged this feedback.[7] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Generation_Science_Standards#cite_note-7> The final draft of the standards was released in April 2013.[8] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Generation_Science_Standards#cite_note-8>  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Generation_Science_Standards 


bc thinks the developers included only imaginary physicists.