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Author(s)RonaldGiereJohnBickleRobertMauldinWithitsfocusonscientificpedagogy,UnderstandingScientificReasoninghelpsstudentslearnhowto examinescientificreportswithareasonabledegreeofsophisticationStudentsandprofessionalsinthebehavioralScientificreasoningismorecomplexthanthe scientificmethodalonesuggestsUnderstandingthemechanismsofDNAreplicationenabledscientiststodeveloplaboratorytechniquesthatarenowusedtoidentify geneticdiseases,pinpointindividualswhowereatacrimescene,anddeterminepaternityTheauthorsteachstudentshowtounderstandandcriticallyevaluatethe scientificinformationtheyencounterinbothtextbooksandthepopularmediaThebookalsoexplainshowtoreasonthroughcasestudiesusingthesameinformal logicskillsemployedbyscientistsandtoanalyzeacomplexseriesofpropositionsandhowtostudyscientificreasoningchapterexercisesstatementsstatements:truth andfalsitydefinitions,tautologies,andcon-tradictionsbelief,knowledge,andcertaintychapterexercisesjustificationandargumentsstatementsand argumentsjustificationdeductivereasoningtechnologicalliteracy.AbductionisfirstusedtogeneratepossibleexplanationsforpuzzlingobservationsSelectsearch scope,currently:catalogallcatalog,articles,site,&moreinonesearch;catalogbooks,media&moreintheStanfordLibraries'collections;articles+journal articles&othere-resourcesCengageWithitsfocusonscientificpedagogy,UNDERSTANDINGSCIENTIFICREASONINGhelpsstudentslearnhowto examinescientificreportswithareasonabledegreeofsophisticationFormatdesign,causalreasoning,conceptformation,hypothesistesting,andsoonThe authorsteachstudentshowtounderstandandcriticallyevaluatethescientificinformationtheyencounterinbothtextbooksandthepopularmediaHowever,these reasoningprocessesarenotuniquetoscientificthinking:TheyaretheverysameprocessesinvolvedineverydaythinkingAsEinsteinputit:Thescientificwayof formingconceptsdiffersfromthatwhichweuseinourdailylife,notbasically,butCTinnursingmakespatientandcaregiversafetyandwelfaretopprioritiesThe termisoftenusedinterchange-ablywithclinicalreasoning,clinicaljudgment,problemsolving,andisionmakingCitedbymorethanscholars,StatisticalReasoning intheBehavioralSciencescontinuestoprovidestreamlinedresourcesandeasy-to-understandinformationonstatisticsinthebehavioralsciencesandrelatedfields, includingpsychology,education,humanresourcesmanagement,andsociologyWithitsfocusonISBNXUnderstandingScientificReasoning5thCriticalthinking referstopurposeful,focused,informed,results-orientedthinkinginanysituationThispaperhasarguedthatthecoreofscientificreasoning,argumentation,and discov-eryconsistsoffourinferencescalledabduction,retroduction,deduction,andinductionWithoutbasicscienceCONCLUSIONANDIMPLICATIONS
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