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Thinking like a Scientist

attitudes and scientific reasoning

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curiositywanting to learn more about the topic
honestyreporting truthful observations and results
creativitycoming up with new ways to solve problems
open mindednessaccepting new and different ideas
skepticismhaving an attitude of doubt
ethicsknowing right from wrong
personal biasbias based on a person's likes and dislikes
cultural biasbias that involves the way in which a person grew up
experimental biasbias that is a mistake in the design of an experiment
objective reasoningmaking a decision and drawing conclusions based on evidence
subjective reasoningwhen personal feelings enter the decision or conclusion
inductive reasoninguses observations to make a generalization
deductive reasoninga way of explaining things by starting with a generalization and then give observations
faulty resoningdrawing a conclusion based on too little data


Science and Social studies teacher
Basile High
Basile, LA

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