ERIC Number: EJ930017
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Publication Date: 2011-Jul
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Errors in Science and Their Treatment in Teaching Science
Kipnis, Nahum
Science & Education, v20 n7-8 p655-685 Jul 2011
This paper analyses the real origin and nature of scientific errors against claims of science critics, by examining a number of examples from the history of electricity and optics. This analysis leads to a conclusion that errors are a natural and unavoidable part of scientific process. If made available to students, through their science teachers, such a knowledge, would give students a deeper insight into the scientific process and remove their fear of making errors in their own laboratory work.
Descriptors: Optics, Science Teachers, Science Education, Energy, Science Laboratories, Scientific Principles, Scientists, Scientific Research, Scientific Methodology, Science History, Science Instruction, Error Correction
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