http://www.openeducation.net/2009/05/07/how-were-apollo-astronauts-able-to-walk-on-the-moon-why-heavy-boots-of-course/ Free Education for All Fri, 13 May 2011 00:38:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.openeducation.net/2009/05/07/how-were-apollo-astronauts-able-to-walk-on-the-moon-why-heavy-boots-of-course/#comment-7106 Russ Brown Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:42:46 +0000 http://www.openeducation.net/?p=1911#comment-7106 I can verify that the first half of the "heavy boots" web story is true. The events in the philosophy class happened to me as a freshman back in 1981. I posted the story to a usenet group around 1989 and it eventually made its way to the web. The additional story that is sometimes tacked on, with the quiz questions, was added by someone else later on. I can verify that the first half of the “heavy boots” web story is true. The events in the philosophy class happened to me as a freshman back in 1981. I posted the story to a usenet group around 1989 and it eventually made its way to the web. The additional story that is sometimes tacked on, with the quiz questions, was added by someone else later on.

]]> http://www.openeducation.net/2009/05/07/how-were-apollo-astronauts-able-to-walk-on-the-moon-why-heavy-boots-of-course/#comment-6688 Guy Macher Thu, 04 Jun 2009 01:15:51 +0000 http://www.openeducation.net/?p=1911#comment-6688 This belief among students, most teachers, and all administrators, that questions must not be asked on tests unless they have been answered in the classroom, is what prevents serious learning taking place in schools. Even in a school which prided itself as academic, I was scolded by the principal for asking questions which "required kids to think beyond what they had been taught!" His words, my explanation point. This belief among students, most teachers, and all administrators, that questions must not be asked on tests unless they have been answered in the classroom, is what prevents serious learning taking place in schools.
Even in a school which prided itself as academic, I was scolded by the principal for asking questions which “required kids to think beyond what they had been taught!” His words, my explanation point.

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