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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... thinking . 2. Science -- Methodology -- Study and teaching . 3 . Education -- United States -- Philosophy . 4. Educational leadership -- United States . I. Title LB1590.3.E34 2005 371.1'001 -- dc22 2005002601 1st edition 2005 ...
... thinking . 2. Science -- Methodology -- Study and teaching . 3 . Education -- United States -- Philosophy . 4. Educational leadership -- United States . I. Title LB1590.3.E34 2005 371.1'001 -- dc22 2005002601 1st edition 2005 ...
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... thinking that has allowed the presentation of this summary . My thanks to all the authors whose ideas I have used . Some I quote directly in this book , but they represent only a fraction of those whose ideas I present . As this book is ...
... thinking that has allowed the presentation of this summary . My thanks to all the authors whose ideas I have used . Some I quote directly in this book , but they represent only a fraction of those whose ideas I present . As this book is ...
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... thinking and evidence to support my claims . As a boy I was a freckle - faced redhead and not very handsome . In my old age , I am even less so . I always like to be able to visualize an author when reading a book , so , for your ...
... thinking and evidence to support my claims . As a boy I was a freckle - faced redhead and not very handsome . In my old age , I am even less so . I always like to be able to visualize an author when reading a book , so , for your ...
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... thinking and experimenting of various people , thus building and accumulating what eventually became a body of knowledge . But real progress was slow because a method for producing reliable knowledge was not rec- ognized , developed ...
... thinking and experimenting of various people , thus building and accumulating what eventually became a body of knowledge . But real progress was slow because a method for producing reliable knowledge was not rec- ognized , developed ...
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... thinking and by prejudices , and after its publication it was rejected and its general acceptance was delayed for half a century because of the same prejudices . Similar remarks could be offered with regard to almost every fundamental ...
... thinking and by prejudices , and after its publication it was rejected and its general acceptance was delayed for half a century because of the same prejudices . Similar remarks could be offered with regard to almost every fundamental ...
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