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ERIC Number: EJ512657
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
How Does Biological Knowledge Grow? A Study of Life Scientists' Research Practices.
Abrams, Eleanor; Wandersee, James H.
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v32 n6 p649-63 Aug 1995
Tested Richard Duschl's triadic model of the growth of scientific knowledge against research practices of 10 accomplished life scientists. Reports that the scientists were willing to change their aims, methods, or theories and were both realists and relativists depending on the scientific discourse about the phenomena in question. Discusses implications for the teaching of biological sciences. (25 references) (Author/JRH)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Biology, Higher Education, Models, Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Scientific Research, Scientists
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Science Education Research