ERIC Number: EJ996919
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Publication Date: 2012-Jan
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The Discovery of Insulin: A Case Study of Scientific Methodology
Stansfield, William D.
American Biology Teacher, v74 n1 p10-14 Jan 2012
The nature of scientific research sometimes involves a trial-and-error procedure. Popular reviews of successful results from this approach often sanitize the story by omitting unsuccessful trials, thus painting the rosy impression that research simply follows a direct route from hypothesis to experiment to scientific discovery. The discovery of insulin is a classical case study in this genre that begs for an explanation to our students because it is so often ignored or misrepresented even in biology and physiology textbooks.
Descriptors: Physiology, Scientific Research, Scientific Methodology, Textbooks, Science Instruction, Biology, Drug Therapy
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