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ERIC Number: EJ447789
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0006-3568
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A Deficiency of Credulousness.
Brewer, Richard
Bioscience, v42 n2 p123-24 Feb 1992
Asks the question: how does society assist citizens to stop deluding themselves with ESP, UFOs, astrology, polygraphy, water dowsing, channeling, and all manner of New Age gimcrackery? Supplies an answer: educators should emphasize instruction in probability models and scientific inference, while imparting an appropriate, scientific skepticism to students. (11 references) (Author/JJK)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Outcomes of Education, Postsecondary Education, Science and Society, Science Education, Scientific Literacy, Scientific Methodology, Social Influences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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