Scientific Thinking
Week 2
what is sci.
key comp of Sci method
how to diffrentiate sci.
Objective/ Relative
How to conduct exmp.
Week 3
Fallacies
Straw-man
ad-hominem
slippery slope
Critical thinking skills
indentify credibility
identify variables
formulate questions
Skeptical thinking
quantify
knowledgable deb
more than 1 hypo
Sci. Method standards
clarity
accuracy
breadth
logic
Useful quest.
who conducted
who funed
reasonable conc.
Mini debates
Types of sci
wrong sci
junk sci
bad sci
pathological sci
pseudo sci
good sci
in progress due end of semester
Week 4
paradigms
inductive
deductive
mini debs.
Verification
falsification
absolute truths
Week 1
Concept Maps
Timelines
Scientific Methods
1- obsv.
3- prediction
4- test
5- repeat.
2- Hypothesis
6- theory
Week 5
Mindomo
Role play