tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18646885.post3861440374817419043..comments2023-10-25T03:11:45.107-07:00Comments on The force that through...: Oops that's not right!Paul D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00535027161567978343noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18646885.post-39096576347727760342011-01-08T07:56:00.961-08:002011-01-08T07:56:00.961-08:00This is a great post, Paul! Thanks for taking the...This is a great post, Paul! Thanks for taking the time to write it. <br /><br />I often struggle with students' desire to "prove hypotheses correct" when teaching the scientific method. They really don't understand that science isn't in the business of *proving* anything (sign up for math class!) and that the whole point of the hypothesis is to test its predictions. As you said, it's okay for the data to fail to support/reject the hypothesis, because you've still learned something. <br /><br />They really, really don't accept this. Whether it's innate or conditioned or learned or whatever, they're driven to "be right" and don't see that sometimes rejecting a faulty hypothesis is what's necessary to "be right."Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17630546641589665920noreply@blogger.com