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Why
might students commonly suggest
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that
the sun might be closer in summer
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than
in winter?
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Is
it something they have been incorrectly told
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by an
ignorant elementary school teacher?
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(possible
but unlikely)
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Possible
Explanations
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They
incorrectly (but plausibly) access a correct
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“closer
is stronger” reasoning primitive and map it
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onto
a “closer to the fire is warmer” analogy.
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They
recall the “tilt” picture but misinterpret the critical issue
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as
“closeness” (the N. hemisphere is tilted towards the sun —
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“closer”
in the summer daytime)
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