Scientific Inquiry; Examining the Process of Science

 

George Boone

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 2004, Volume 25

Abstract

This laboratory exercise is designed to get a class of students organized into teams and examine the scientific process. The concepts of inductive and deductive reasoning will be discussed and then used in the problem solving process. The students will also examine their own problem solving process in comparison to the scientific method.

Keywords:  scientific method, computer simulation, deduction, induction

University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2003)