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ERIC Number: EJ179889
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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The Screaming Boredom of Learning Science
Krips, H.
Australian Science Teachers Journal, 23, 2, 57-63, Aug 77
Advocates changing the role of secondary school science from one of theory verification and problem solving to the formulation and acceptance of hypotheses for observed phenomena. Provides an example of the procedure using Hooke's Law. (CP)
Descriptors: Hypothesis Testing, Instruction, Mechanics (Physics), Physics, Problem Solving, Science Education, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, Teaching Methods, Theories
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