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Download full textMoran, Michael G. – 1984
Probabilistic reasoning as developed by John Locke can provide the English teacher with a useful system for teaching the research paper since it consists of four major strategies for probing a subject: (1) the use of maxims or principles, (2) the framing of hypotheses, (3) the use of analogy, and (4) the reliance on authority. However, it is the…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Epistemology, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluative Thinking
Peer reviewedBrockway, Jennifer Howard; Bryant, Fred B. – Teaching of Psychology, 1998
Profiles a class exercise that teaches the importance of developing an accurate definition of a psychological construct (guilt, control, altruism). The more precise the definition, the easier it is to choose an appropriate technique to measure that construct. Discusses the Health and Psychosocial Instrument File, a recent measurement database.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Critical Thinking, Definitions
