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Reply to "Science isn't science in 2.0"
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[quote=Anonymous]Doing a language based assignment, quiz or test isn't showing that you make the connections or developing critical thinking at all. It may fool non science based individuals but it does nothing to prepare children for more advanced science work or build excellence in the subject. The problem in MCPS is that if they actually adopted a rigorous curriculum not everyone would pass. They would need to fail or hold some students back which isn't allowed. If all the assignments are just language based rather than requiring knowledge of the actual theory or facts more students can pass. They would also need to retrain or hire new teachers who are educated in these subjects. There is an inherent bias from education majors that hard science types need to develop more soft skills while its perfectly fine for soft skill types to not understand hard sciences. This is why the US is #31 is science compared to other developed nations. [/quote]
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