A Cooperative Controversy Lesson Designed To Reveal Students' Conceptions of the "Nature of Science.".

Hammrich, Penny L.; Blouch, Kathleen K.

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Publication Date: 1998

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A Cooperative Controversy Lesson Designed To Reveal Students' Conceptions of the "Nature of Science."

Hammrich, Penny L.; Blouch, Kathleen K.

American Biology Teacher, v60 n1 p50-51 Jan 1998

Recommends the use of an instructional strategy that is ideal for examining students' conceptions of the nature of science. Defines cooperative controversy as a situation in which one person's ideas, information, conclusions, theories, or opinions are incompatible with those of another. (DDR)

Descriptors: Concept Formation, Epistemology, Higher Education, Knowledge Representation, Learning Strategies, Philosophy

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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