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- California Political Science Education by Lawrence Woolf, American Physical Society Forum on Education Summer
2005 Newsletter
- "Bad Science: Are science skills being displaced by a focus on reading and
math?" An article in the Spring 2005 issue of California Schools Magazine,
the magazine of the California School Boards Association
- Richard Hake's review of the 2004 K-8 Science Instructional Materials
Criteria decision
- Incorrect "correct" answers to test questions from the CA science standards test. Click here to see a discussion among physics educators and click on Thread Next at the top of the page to see successive postings on this topic Click here to see L. Woolf analysis of these problems. Note also the incorrect answer to problem 2 in the 5th grade science test at: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/documents/rtqgr5science.pdf: Scanning electron microscopes cannot take pictures of atoms or molecules. The physics questions are now at: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/tg/sr/documents/rtqphysics.pdf.
- "Scientific Teaching," Science volume 304, p. 521, 23 April 2004.
- Letter against the January 16, 2004 Draft Criteria for Evaluating
K-8 Science Instructional Materials from CEOs, University Presidents,
and all 10 UC Chancellors
- Unpublished op-ed article by Lawrence Woolf submitted to
the San Jose Mercury News concerning the draft Criteria for
Evaluating K-8 Science Instructional Materials
- The End of Hands-On Science
Activities in California's K-8 Classrooms? By
Lawrence Woolf & Richard Hake (An unpublished op-ed submitted
to the San
Diego Union Tribune on January 2, 2004)
- 9 Page Briefing Regarding the January 16, 2004 Draft Criteria
for
Evaluating K-8 Instructional Materials for California's Students
- Overview of
the Impact of Activity-Based Teaching Strategies on Learning
Science" by Heide Doss-Hammel, San Diego State University:
Center for
Research in Mathematics & Science Education, 2004
- L. Woolf letter to
California State Board of Education regarding the 1/16/04 Draft
Criteria for
Evaluating K-8 Instructional Materials
- Lawrence Woolf 1/16/04 testimony to the California
Curriculum Commission regarding hands-on science limitation
(PDF 52KB)
- 22 December 1999 Science Education
Petition
- Supporters of the 22 December 1999
Science Education Petition
- Response by Dr. Larry Woolf to a letter
by Dr. Stan Metzenberg. Metzenberg criticized the Science
Education Petition as "misleading and erroneous"
- Instructions for showing your
support for the 22 December 1999 Science Education Petition
- History of the Development of the
California Science Content Standards by Dr. Ted Schultz of
the APS Department of Education and Outreach, July 30, 1998
- An Analysis of the July 1 1998 California
Science Standards by Dr. Ramon E Lopez , Director Education
and Outreach, The American Physical Society
- Critique of Proposed California Science
Content Standards by the Education Department of the American
Physical Society, August 21, 1998
- The Proposed California Science Content
Standards: Statement by Andrew M. Sessler, President of the
American Physical Society
- List of Distinguished California
Scientists who sent letters to the California State Board
of Education opposing the adoption of the California Science
Standards
- A list of the 10 scientific societies
that in one way or another submitted statements opposing
the standards
- Testimony Before the California
Academic Standards Commission by Bruce Alberts, President,
National Academy of Sciences, 6 May 1998
- Science education based more on politics:
An article by Dr. Larry Woolf that appeared in the San Diego
Union Tribune on December 5, 1999, p. G-3
- L. Woolf Statement to the
California State Board of Education on February 9, 2000
- L. Woolf Statement to
California State Board of Education on Feb 6, 2002 regarding
the draft California Science Framework
- Physics
ListServ discussion thread regarding California Science Framework
- click on light bulb at top to see responses from list members
- Additional physics mistakes in the
standards - L. Woolf (See also "Science education based more
on politics" article)
- A
Review of: "The State of the State Standards" - an article
by Gerald W. Bracey about the Fordham Foundation report grading
the state standards
- Scientists must speak out; we depend
on it - an op-ed article in the Boston Globe written by Newt
Gingrich. An excerpt: "scientists ... must demand that science
education be trusted to those who know science, and demand
that the excitement of discovery (the heart of the scientific
experience) replace bureaucratic memorization models of science
education."
- Excerpts from "How People Learn
- Brain, Mind, Experience, School" by the Committee on Developments
in the Science of Learning, National Research Council
- Richard Feynman's experiences with the California science education materials adoption process
- For
an opposing point of view, visit the site of Mathematically
Correct.
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