wcaleb’s Twitter Archive—№ 11,757

1. I sometimes hear historians argue "students in intro classes don't need historiography." I find different approach in science classes.
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2. In both science classes I've observed for #RiceFODays, profs spent time recreating experiments done in 1917, 1930s, etc.
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3. They want students to see how we've come to know what we know, instead of just telling them what we know. Ensures better understanding.
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4. It's for similar reasons that in my Civil War class, for ex., I talk about what Craven or Randall said, & how DuBois or Stampp replied.
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5. It parallels why Hutchinson doesn't just tell students atomic numbers, but had them recreate Rutherford/Moseley experiments. #RiceFODays
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6. History students, like chemists, need to walk through past scholars' steps again to grasp the discipline's starting premises. #RiceFODays
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