An Easy & Fun Way to Teach about How Science "Works": Popularizing Haack's Crossword-Puzzle Analogy

Autor/inn/en	Pavlova, Iglika V.; Lewis, Kayla C.
Titel	An Easy & Fun Way to Teach about How Science "Works": Popularizing Haack's Crossword-Puzzle Analogy
Quelle	In: American Biology Teacher, 75 (2013) 6, S.397-401 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-7685
DOI	10.1525/abt.2013.75.6.7
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; Biology; Teaching Methods; Puzzles; Cognitive Processes; Problem Solving; Creative Thinking; Active Learning; Hypothesis Testing; Thinking Skills; Elementary School Science; Secondary School Science; College Science + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Biologie; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Legespiel; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Problemlösen; Kreatives Denken; Aktives Lernen; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Denkfähigkeit
Abstract	Science is a complex process, and we must not teach our students overly simplified versions of "the" scientific method. We propose that students can uncover the complex realities of scientific thinking by exploring the similarities and differences between solving the familiar crossword puzzles and scientific "puzzles." Similarly to solving a crossword puzzle, solving puzzles in science is a complex and creative process in which hypotheses and theories evolve through the accumulation of many pieces of independent, yet interlocking, lines of evidence. We discuss the important lessons from Haack's crossword-puzzle analogy and how it applies to teaching science. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10