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ERIC Number: EJ622184
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-7685
The Generality of Hypothetico-Deductive Reasoning: Making Scientific Thinking Explicit.
Lawson, Anton E.
American Biology Teacher, v62 n7 p482-95 Sep 2000
Presents examples using hypothetico-deductive thinking to better teach and understand biology, geology, physics, and chemistry. The examples show that hypothetico-deductive thinking is not new to science as it can be found in research from the Middle Ages. (SAH)
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Deduction, Geology, Higher Education, Physics, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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