TY  - BOOK
AU  - Paul,Richard
AU  - Elder,Linda
TI  - A miniature guide for students and faculty to scientific thinking
SN  - 0944583180
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Dillon Beach, CA
PB  - Foundation for Critical Thinking
KW  - Science
KW  - Methodology
KW  - Thought and thinking
N1  - Title from cover; Includes bibliographical references; 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
ER  -