Re: Science Teacher Needs Help!

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From: Martin Green
Date: Sat, 03 Jan 1998 00:00

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>..........................................................................
it's just
> more trouble than it's worth to explain all the caveat's and
> possible side tracks that one could go into, when in the end 
> one will talk about the Compton effect and conclude that "Yes
> the photon hypothesis is the only thing that seems to work"
> (as far as I know).  
> 
If you go into all the "caveats and possible side tracks", then you would
run the risk of teaching the student HOW to think. This will definitely
cause more trouble then it's worth. If you tell him that photons are "the
only thing that seems to work", you have taught him WHAT to think. The
student will then not cause any trouble.

Martin Green

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From: testware@pangea.ca (Martin Green)
Subject: Re: Science Teacher Needs Help!
Date: 1998/01/03
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