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ERIC Number: EJ643873
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
Understanding Nature of Science as Progressive Transitions in Heuristic Principles.
Niaz, Mansoor
Science Education, v85 n6 p684-90 Nov 2001
Reports on a study designed to: (a) understand the nature of science as progressive transitions in heuristic principles; and (b) provide a rationale for the inclusion of three more characteristics of the nature of science to the original five suggested by Smith and Scharmann. Concludes that nature of science manifests in different topics of the science curriculum as heuristic principles. (Author/MM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Epistemology, Heuristics, Science History, Science Instruction, Scientific Principles
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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