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Empiricism as a function of training in the scientific method
Author(s) -
Kaplan Eugene H.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
journal of research in science teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.067
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1098-2736
pISSN - 0022-4308
DOI - 10.1002/tea.3660010413
Subject(s) - empiricism , function (biology) , training (meteorology) , perception , science education , psychology , epistemology , mathematics education , philosophy , biology , geography , evolutionary biology , meteorology
If science is based on empiricism, the teachers of science should understand the relationship between training in science and objective perception as a source of information. The study reported here attempts to determine what effect emphasizing the scientific method has on the student's appraisal of his environment.