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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... Social Sciences . .255 28 National Academy of Sciences .. 263 29 American Association for the Advancement of Science ..279 30 U.S. Department of Education . . . . 291 31 National Science Teachers Association . ..301 32 National Science ...
... Social Sciences . .255 28 National Academy of Sciences .. 263 29 American Association for the Advancement of Science ..279 30 U.S. Department of Education . . . . 291 31 National Science Teachers Association . ..301 32 National Science ...
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... social and behavioral sciences , unions , bureaucracies , social and demographic changes , and those who cling to the status quo . I claim - and support in this book with valid evidence - the real , basic , fundamental causes of most of ...
... social and behavioral sciences , unions , bureaucracies , social and demographic changes , and those who cling to the status quo . I claim - and support in this book with valid evidence - the real , basic , fundamental causes of most of ...
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... social or inexact sciences , problems can sometimes be harder to define proper- ly or accurately and it is harder to reach reliable conclusions . Nevertheless , much can be done . The Last 15 Years I Devoted Full Time to This Project ...
... social or inexact sciences , problems can sometimes be harder to define proper- ly or accurately and it is harder to reach reliable conclusions . Nevertheless , much can be done . The Last 15 Years I Devoted Full Time to This Project ...
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... social sci- ences became overenthusiastic about the power of the scientific method and made exaggerated claims as to what it would accom- plish in the social sciences . This concerned Dr. Conant . The BLUNDER began , was perpetuated by ...
... social sci- ences became overenthusiastic about the power of the scientific method and made exaggerated claims as to what it would accom- plish in the social sciences . This concerned Dr. Conant . The BLUNDER began , was perpetuated by ...
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... investigator who " just does his thing . " In Scientific Knowledge and Its Social Problems ( 1971 ) 36 END THE BIGGEST EDUCATIONAL AND INTELLECTUAL BLUNDER Everyday Problems & Decisions and Explanation of Methods & Method 36-37.
... investigator who " just does his thing . " In Scientific Knowledge and Its Social Problems ( 1971 ) 36 END THE BIGGEST EDUCATIONAL AND INTELLECTUAL BLUNDER Everyday Problems & Decisions and Explanation of Methods & Method 36-37.
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