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Direct linkFencl, Heidi S. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2010
Students in a general education science course made significant gains in scientific reasoning skills when they were taught using carefully designed hands-on activities and writing assignments. The activities required students to make use of scientific skills such as graphing, predicting outcomes under changing conditions, or designing experiments,…
Descriptors: College Students, General Education, Science Curriculum, Thinking Skills
