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A miniature guide for students and faculty to scientific thinking / by Richard Paul and Linda Elder.

By: Contributor(s): Series: Miniature guide seriesPublication details: Dillon Beach, CA : Foundation for Critical Thinking, c2003.Description: 48 p. : ill. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0944583180
  • 9780944583180
Other title:
  • Scientific thinking
Subject(s):
Contents:
Why scientific thinking -- Elements of scientific thought -- Checklist for scientific reasoning -- Questions using the elements of scientific thought -- Scientific thinking seeks to quantify, explain, and predict relationships in nature -- Scientific thinking requires precision -- Experimental thinking requires experimental controls -- Universal intellectual standards in scientific thinking -- Analyzing the logic of scientific articles -- Analyzing the logic of science textbooks -- Two kinds of scientific questions -- Analyzing the logic of an experiment -- Criteria for evaluating scientific reasoning -- Scientific reasoning abilities -- Intellectual dispositions essential to scientific thinking -- What scientific thinkers routinely do -- Stages of scientific thinking development -- Questioning mind in science (Newton, Darwin, and Einstein) -- Logic of science -- Logic of scientific disciplines -- Problem of unscientific thinking -- Pseudo-science : why astrology is not a science -- Critical approach to scientific thinking -- Ethics and science.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
CIE Book NMC Library CIE - Center For Instructional Excellence FDN FOR CRITICAL THINKING (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001221323
CIE Book NMC Library CIE - Center For Instructional Excellence FDN FOR CRITICAL THINKING (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2 Available 33039001206407

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Why scientific thinking -- Elements of scientific thought -- Checklist for scientific reasoning -- Questions using the elements of scientific thought -- Scientific thinking seeks to quantify, explain, and predict relationships in nature -- Scientific thinking requires precision -- Experimental thinking requires experimental controls -- Universal intellectual standards in scientific thinking -- Analyzing the logic of scientific articles -- Analyzing the logic of science textbooks -- Two kinds of scientific questions -- Analyzing the logic of an experiment -- Criteria for evaluating scientific reasoning -- Scientific reasoning abilities -- Intellectual dispositions essential to scientific thinking -- What scientific thinkers routinely do -- Stages of scientific thinking development -- Questioning mind in science (Newton, Darwin, and Einstein) -- Logic of science -- Logic of scientific disciplines -- Problem of unscientific thinking -- Pseudo-science : why astrology is not a science -- Critical approach to scientific thinking -- Ethics and science.

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