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NATURES OF SCIENCE IN THE LAB: THE CREATE-TEST-USE DISTINCTION David Geelan Original Concept: Frank Jenkins 1

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NATURES OF SCIENCE IN THE LAB:

THE CREATE-TEST-USE DISTINCTION

David Geelan

Original Concept: Frank Jenkins

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ASSUMPTIONS Instructors teach better and students learn

better when they know the rules of the knowledge game

Create test use reasonably represents a cycle of science and of science education work on each and every concept

The nature of science is best viewed as the natures of science

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CHOICES WHEN PRESENTINGA CONCEPT

Inductive (creating a concept)Hypothetico-inductive (testing)Hypothetico-deductive (testing)

Deductive (using the concept)4

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NATURES OF SCIENCE

Lab Type Nature of Science

Philosopher

of Science

Date of

Intro.

Create Inductive

(specgen)

Francis Bacon

1600s

Test Hypothetico-deductive

Karl

Popper

1930s+

Use Deductive

(genspec)

Aristotle 300s BC

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EVIDENTIAL BASES

Evidential Base Description

Laboratory

(wet lab)

evidence gathered in the laboratory by the students

Lab exercise

(dry lab)

evidence gathered for the students and put into a lab format

Computer simulation

evidence provided in a computer simulation/animation format

Computer video evidence provided in a video format (to be analyzed by students)

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