WorksheetsSurvey
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 6mins
To process of scientific discovery often involves an ability to look at things in ways which are not commonly accepted.
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Scientists rigorously attempt to eliminate human perspective from our picture of the world.
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The biggest key to increasing scientific literacy is increasing students' ability to recognize problems with weaknesses of scientific concepts rather than the ability to read science texts and articles.
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Children in science should be discouraged from “wild” ideas and encouraged to think carefully and logically.
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Non-sequential thinking, i.e., taking conceptual leaps, is characteristic of many scientists.
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Reading and worksheets can be a very effective way to teach science.
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The process of scientific discovery often involved purposeful discard of accepted theory
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Practical work is a process for explaining scientific concepts and get a better understanding
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Intuition plays an important role in scientific discovery.
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Because of the amount of specific information to be taught in science, at least 50% of science courses should be lecturing.
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Legitimate scientific ideas sometimes come from dreams and hunches.
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A big weakness of discovery activities in science education is the difficulty in getting the children to come up with the right answers.
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Different cultural groups have different processes of gaining valid knowledge of natural laws.
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The biggest key to increase scientific literacy is increasing students’ ability to read science texts and articles.
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There is a significant amount of scientific knowledge in folklore and myth.
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If there must be a choice between well-understood concepts and facility with processes of discovery, the teacher should emphasize the concepts.
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Inquiry or practical work is for students to find concepts and meaning by themselves.
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Teachers have to design experiments which students can get the right answers, and clearly communicate with students about important concepts of science during the inquiry.
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