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ERIC Number: EJ474978
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0047-231X
What Science Is and Is Not: Ten Myths.
Callery, Michael L.; Koritz, Helen G.
Journal of College Science Teaching, v22 n3 p154-57 Dec-Jan 1993-94
Discusses 10 myths of science including science finds answers to questions, science states causes, sample size is irrelevant to science, evidence can definitively confirm a hypothesis, scientists are always open to new ideas, peer acceptance of results is unimportant, science operates independently of society, science precedes technology, and science and technology are driven by the same goals. (PR)
Descriptors: College Science, Higher Education, Misconceptions, Science and Society, Science Education, Scientific Methodology, Technology
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Nature of Science; Philosophy of Science