End the Biggest Educational and Intellectual Blunder in History: A $100,000 Challenge to Our Top Educational LeadersThis book discusses misunderstandings related to the scientific method of creative problem solving and decision-making. The author has conducted extensive research in this field for more than 15 years and shows that the misunderstandings have created great harms in the educational field and in most other fields. This book will be important reading for all those interested in better education, better thinking, and a better society. |
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... included in my files information concerning the various claims about the scientific method , both what I consider good and what I consider false . I have also been careful to analyze those that appear false in order to confirm or ...
... included in my files information concerning the various claims about the scientific method , both what I consider good and what I consider false . I have also been careful to analyze those that appear false in order to confirm or ...
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... included teaching the scientific method and had done so for the last 25 years . Yet with- out research and submitting valid evidence , he took an extraordinary position . In Science and Common Sense ( 1951 ) , Dr. Conant said : To be ...
... included teaching the scientific method and had done so for the last 25 years . Yet with- out research and submitting valid evidence , he took an extraordinary position . In Science and Common Sense ( 1951 ) , Dr. Conant said : To be ...
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... included Easley's essay in Philosophy and Education : Modern Readings ( 1958 ) . The article was subsequently published in Philosophical Essays on Teaching ( 1969 , edited by Bandman and Guttchen ) . Dr. Easley's paper is the only one I ...
... included Easley's essay in Philosophy and Education : Modern Readings ( 1958 ) . The article was subsequently published in Philosophical Essays on Teaching ( 1969 , edited by Bandman and Guttchen ) . Dr. Easley's paper is the only one I ...
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... included in the SM- 14 formula of stages at Stage 8 - Challenge the Hypothesis . You must be skeptical of even your best thoughts . Not only must you try to sup- port them , but you must also try to falsify them . A whole body of the ...
... included in the SM- 14 formula of stages at Stage 8 - Challenge the Hypothesis . You must be skeptical of even your best thoughts . Not only must you try to sup- port them , but you must also try to falsify them . A whole body of the ...
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... included in government regulations . Information on responsibility and the conduct of research ( including an endorsement of the scientific method ) can be found in the National Academy of Sciences ' Responsible Science : Ensuring the ...
... included in government regulations . Information on responsibility and the conduct of research ( including an endorsement of the scientific method ) can be found in the National Academy of Sciences ' Responsible Science : Ensuring the ...
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