http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2009/01/05/could-science-education-be-a-victim-of-the-recession/ Ideas, innovations and discoveries from the world of science Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:43:48 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2009/01/05/could-science-education-be-a-victim-of-the-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Gene Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:32:58 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=453#comment-184 There may be important psychological and social reasons why so few people get correct answers on questions #5, 9, and 11. All have to do with origins--personal, species, cosmic. So increasing the sheer number of sciences courses taken may not result in dramatic improvement, although I wish the opposite were true. There may be important psychological and social reasons why so few people get correct answers on questions #5, 9, and 11. All have to do with origins–personal, species, cosmic. So increasing the sheer number of sciences courses taken may not result in dramatic improvement, although I wish the opposite were true.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2009/01/05/could-science-education-be-a-victim-of-the-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-179 Lisa Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:25:30 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=453#comment-179 I got them all! I got them all!

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2009/01/05/could-science-education-be-a-victim-of-the-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-176 Sarah Zielinski Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:00:58 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=453#comment-176 It depends on which question you answered incorrectly. It depends on which question you answered incorrectly.

]]> http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2009/01/05/could-science-education-be-a-victim-of-the-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-175 Michael Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:04:57 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=453#comment-175 I got all but one right. Do I get a cookie? I got all but one right. Do I get a cookie?

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