The dictionary definition of science begins something like this: The observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of natural phenomena. Notice that all the nouns are derived from verbs: observe, identify, describe, investigate, and explain. This implies strongly that science is more a process than a body of knowledge. Only later do we find: […]
Archive for March, 2009
Are We Really Teaching Science? (April 2009)
Sunday, March 29th, 2009 5:13 pm
Written by: John Moore
Changes–Why Consider Them? (April 2009)
Monday, March 16th, 2009 12:11 pm
Written by: Erica Jacobsen
from Laura Slocum, JCE High School Associate Editor
A couple of years ago I started making small changes to the order in which I teach some of the topics in my first-year chemistry course. I did this because I had noticed that when I followed the traditional chapter order of the text, I was transitioning back […]
Posted in Topics: Education, General, High School
Posted in Topics: Editorial, Education, General, Science, Teaching
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