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ERIC Number: EJ770223
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Apr
Pages: 3
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0021-9584
Empirical Evidence or Intuition? An Activity Involving the Scientific Method
Overway, Ken
Journal of Chemical Education, v84 n4 p606-608 Apr 2007
Students need to have basic understanding of scientific method during their introductory science classes and for this purpose an activity was devised which involved a game based on famous Monty Hall game problem. This particular activity allowed students to banish or confirm their intuition based on empirical evidence.
Descriptors: Scientific Methodology, Intuition, Educational Games, Demonstrations (Educational), Class Activities, Science Instruction, College Science, Secondary School Science
Division of Chemical Education of the American Chemical Society. Subscription Department, P.O. Box 1267, Bellmawr, NJ 08099-1267. Tel: 800-691-9846; Tel: 856-931-5825; Fax: 856-931-4115; e-mail: jchemed@egpp.com; Web site: http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools; Higher Education; Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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