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Lawson, Anton E.; Oehrtman, Michael; Jensen, Jamie – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2008
Confusion persists concerning the roles played by scientific hypotheses and predictions in doing science. This confusion extends to the nature of scientific and statistical hypothesis testing. The present paper utilizes the "If/and/then/Therefore" pattern of hypothetico-deductive (HD) reasoning to explicate the nature of both scientific and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Numeracy, Hypothesis Testing, Science Education