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Articles Tagged with chemistry
Divisable numbers
Transistors, candles and light bulbs
Cast iron and Coca-Cola®
A hands-on process
A gathering of astronomers
Tradeoffs
In balance
Some actions are obviously good and right. Looking more widely, it may be less obvious.
A grand memory for forgetting
Learning in compartments
There is so much to take in that we divide up our task subject by subject, rarely allowing something we’ve learned in one class (or other environment) to leak over into another. This is not, in general, a good thing.
The story of the bees
Yes, but not in Germany
Scientists try to ask simple questions and to design a controlled experiment, with “all other things being equal.” It’s rarely possible.
Ideal lies
Why learn something that isn’t true?
As we progress in school, the lessons get more difficult and complicated. Sometimes they’re difficult because we have to unlearn things.