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KnightSquared
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epepepp
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Is it a matter of national pride? In science, results are always named after scientist in your own country, even if some foreign scientist was the original discoverer.
But of course it takes more than that for children to associate fire with Newton. |
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The Big Hobb
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| Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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| how could that be true...what are they teaching kids over in europe, issac newton was a scientist and as far as i no nobody discovered fire it was just always there |
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| Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 10:51 am Post subject: |
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| thats pretty funny, unless newton was around like 400 million years ago, i doubt it...maybe these kids need more homework or something |
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soultaker777
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| Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:17 am Post subject: |
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Taken from the opening of the article:
| Quote: | One in 10 children thinks the Queen invented the telephone, a survey of children's science knowledge suggests.
Others gave credit for the invention to Charles Darwin and Noel Edmonds. |
Emphasis on the bold parts for maximum potential amusement. Once I read it, it gave me a couple of images in my head... (1) a UK "Deal or No Deal" episode with kids as the contestants and the banker offering a deal of a "Noel Edmonds-invented telephone autographed by the host himself", and (2) a contestant on "Are You Smarter Than Your 10-Year Old" failing due to them going with their son or daughter's answer of Noel Edmonds as the telephone's inventor.
Hopefully neither one of these moments ever actually occurs on TV, as that would be extremely embarrassing for whoever the unlucky contestants turn out to be. |
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KillerCarsS
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| Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Hmmm only 1000 students were asked thee questions. I don't think it's much to work with, too much variation possible. |
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The Big Hobb
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| Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 12:30 am Post subject: |
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| KillerCarsS wrote: | | Hmmm only 1000 students were asked thee questions. I don't think it's much to work with, too much variation possible. |
1000 kids is a good sample size as long as the kids surveyed were taken from all over the the uk and not one region |
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KillerCarsS
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| Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:22 am Post subject: |
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| Ah well they're not talking about diff/same region/s. |
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The Big Hobb
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| Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2010 12:39 pm Post subject: |
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| KillerCarsS wrote: | | Ah well they're not talking about diff/same region/s. |
well if this is the case it becomes a more suspectable survey. |
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