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The editorial reports that college science courses are dominated by training for higher specialization and tend to eliminate the general student body.

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Currency · newest study 1915 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

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q1 i? College science courses are dominated by the aim of training for higher specialization, tending to eliminate more and more of the general student body, so that non-professional students prefer to stand aside. → J. C. B 1915

Evidence

J. C. B 1915

J. C. B. (1915). Editorial. The Journal of Educational Psychology, Volume VI, Number 10. Warwick & York. https://archive.org

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Editorial assessment of college science teaching, hedged by the author ("seem to be dominated largely") and offered without data. It adds that cultural and general aspects of science are obscured by technical and mathematical treatment.

"Science courses in college seem to be dominated largely by the aim of training for higher specialization, and the tendency is to eliminate more and more of the general student body."

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type claim
id college-science-specialization-excludes-general-students
title The editorial reports that college science courses are dominated by training for higher specialization and tend to eliminate the general student body.
description The editorial reports that college science courses are dominated by training for higher specialization and tend to eliminate the general student body.
status review
evidence_strength weak
newest_evidence 1915
generated by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-24
trust unverified — no one has confirmed this page's content
sources 1 — j-c-b-1915

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