Great question. I was unsure from the outline presented that just what it was suggested that students were asked to know. Generally a med student needs to know the development of mammalian embryoes; it looked to me as if the MCAT wanted students to know the phrase, and I would guess they want students to know the development that caused the phrase to be invented, and, therefore, the reasons the phrase is false.
Similarly, a test in advanced astronomy may ask about "sunrise" or "sunset," but no one would suggest that astronomers believe it's the Sun that orbits the Earth.
And, in any case, it's a college level exam. There is no way this outline could be presented as evidence of what high school texts and curricula say.
Ed Darrell
Dallas
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In a message dated 8/20/2005 12:48:40 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:Yes, the notion that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny has long been discredited.And the reason it is a test subject on the MCAT would be . . . . . ?Jim HendersonSenior CounselACLJ_______________________________________________
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