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Peer reviewedHackling, Mark W.; Lawrence, Jeanette A. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1988
Compares experts', advanced students', and novice students' use of genetics knowledge to generate and test hypotheses while solving genetic pedigree problems. Reports that experts identified more critical cues, tested more hypotheses, were more rigorous in the falsification of alternative hypotheses, and were more flexible to their solving…
Descriptors: College Science, Genetics, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing
Download full textClement, John – 1988
Some central issues in discussions of creative processes in science are: (1) the mechanism(s) by which hypothesis formation takes place; (2) the sources of new knowledge during hypothesis formation; and (3) the "Eureka" versus steady accumulation (accretion) issue concerning the pace of change during hypothesis formation. This paper…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Hypothesis Testing, Models
