Tag Archives: Science Teaching

“Study: Learning science facts doesn’t boost science reasoning”

From EurekAlert, a terribly dangerous finding: A study of college freshmen in the United States and in China found that Chinese students know more science facts than their American counterparts — but both groups are nearly identical when it comes to their ability to do scientific reasoning. Neither group is especially skilled at reasoning, however, …

January 29, 2009 – 5:32 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science | Tagged , | Comments (19)

“The Latest Face of Creationism in the Classroom”

This entry is part 1 of 8 in the series Is ID Creationism?

Glenn Branch and Eugenie C. Scott write in a Scientific American article dated today, Creationists who want religious ideas taught as scientific fact in public schools continue to adapt to courtroom defeats by hiding their true aims under ever changing guises Such is the expected stance from leaders of the National Center for Science Education, …

December 16, 2008 – 10:46 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science | Tagged , , , , | Comments (31)

The National Academy of Sciences and the Fact-Value Dichotomy

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS), as reported in this morning’s Los Angeles Times, has made another statement in favor of teaching evolution in schools. There were the usual distortions in their report, but it’s only been a few days since that topic came up here on this blog, and there’s no need to go …

January 4, 2008 – 11:00 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science | Tagged , | Comments (1)

Evolution education is a ‘must’ says coalition of scientific and teaching organizations

Here we go again: According to an article appearing in the January 2008 issue of The FASEB Journal, the introduction of “non-science,” such as creationism and intelligent design, into science education will undermine the fundamentals of science education. Some of these fundamentals include using the scientific method, understanding how to reach scientific consensus, and distinguishing …

January 2, 2008 – 7:40 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science | Tagged , , | Comments (15)