Scientific learning

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   One of the disappointments of engineering and science ids the refusal to use science to teach science.  The claimed methodology of science is to create a model then measure and evaluate the model before continuing it or rejecting it.  This is not done in instruction.  Each instructor chooses to teach in any manner he desires with out regard to its results.
   It would make more sense to test students as well as having them fill out surveys to determine satisfaction and assessment of knowledge gained.  The next step is to promote the methods that work and discontinue the ones that do not.  It might actually improve the efficiency of education.
   It might not be possible or desirable to standardize across  all curricula, there is too much diversity in  student ability across schools and departments.  But it should be possible over time within one school to evaluate and improve the methodology, and it might have some applicability to other schools.
   A fair amount of variety in teaching methodology should be encouraged, but it must be evaluated and the better parts adopted generally.