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Beall, Herbert – NEACT Journal, 1995
Reports on the Seventh Annual Conference on Chemical Education which explored the assumption that science courses focus too much on the product of science and not enough on the process. Problem solving was examined as a possible route toward developing the necessary critical-thinking skills. Covers the keynote address, Problems versus Exercises,…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Critical Thinking, High Schools, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMcShane, Joan Braunagel – Science and Children, 1997
Reports on the winning tool creations by 1,300 fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students in the 1997 Craftsman/NSTA Young Inventors Awards Program. Students had to use mechanical and science process skills to design and build tools to meet their needs in solving a problem. The winning entry was a calibrated angle and depth scissors. (AIM)
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Discovery Processes, Elementary Education, Inventions
Pinker, Steven – Natural History, 1997
Considers the role of evolution and natural selection in the functioning of the modern human brain. Natural selection equipped humans with a mental toolbox of intuitive theories about the world which were used to master rocks, tools, plants, animals, and one another. The same toolbox is used today to master the intellectual challenges of modern…
Descriptors: Biology, Brain, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation
