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Johnson, Susan – Principled Practice in Mathematics and Science Education, 1997
Relates activities implemented in a high school genetics course that enable students to experience "science in the making" (Latour, 1987). Students work in research groups, build explanatory models of observed natural phenomena, present models at class conferences, revise models based on peer feedback or new observational information, and win…
Descriptors: Genetics, Heredity, High Schools, Hypothesis Testing
