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Direct linkPaul Ferguson, Joseph; Prain, Vaughan – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2020
Peirce made repeated attempts to clarify what he understood as abduction or creative reasoning in scientific discoveries. In this article, we draw on past and recent scholarship on Peirce's later accounts of abduction to put a case for how teachers can apply his ideas productively to elicit and guide student creative reasoning in the science…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Creativity, Thinking Skills, Scientific Research
