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Direct linkLawson, Antone E. – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2004
This paper presents a synthesis of what is currently known about the nature and development of scientific reasoning and why it plays a central role in acquiring scientific literacy. Science is viewed as a hypothetico-deductive (HD) enterprise engaging in the generation and test of alternative explanations. Explanation generation and test requires…
Descriptors: Evidence, Testing, Hypothesis Testing, Short Term Memory
