Teaching Natural Sciences To Social Science Students?

An anonymous reader writes "As a calculus professor for a small undergraduate institution, I normally lecture students who are majoring in the natural (or 'hard') sciences, such as mathematics, physics, and computer science. In fact, I have done so for almost thirteen years. However, for the first time this fall semester, we have a shortage of professors on our hands. As a result of this, I have been asked to teach a general education statistics class. Such classes are a major requirement for the large psychology student body we have here. I have never lectured social science students in any mathematics-related classes. My question to the Slashdot community is as follows: What are your experiences with teaching natural science classes to social science students? How is the experience the same or different in comparison to natural science students who may be more adept to the nuances of mathematics and other similar fields?"

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Re:They're just like other students.

[Anonymous Coward]

Speaking of indoctrination,

* Rape is not about sex, it's about power
* Race is just a social construct

Anyone stupid enough to believe these things is probably not going to learn any science at any more than than a superficial level, i.e. Galileo saw the phases of Venus, thus proving that that the sun is the center of the universe, however, the evil church people suppressed this knowledge because it offended their idea of God.