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Critical thinking ability, open‐mindedness, and knowledge of the processes of science of chemistry and non‐chemistry students
Author(s) -
Seymour Lowell A.,
Sutman Frank X.
Publication year - 1973
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.3660100209
Subject(s) - curriculum , chemistry education , critical thinking , mathematics education , chemistry , science education , process (computing) , thinking processes , engineering ethics , psychology , pedagogy , engineering , organic chemistry , computer science , social psychology , enthusiasm , statistical thinking , operating system
The Chemistry Curriculum Committee of the Philadelphia school district developed a chemistry course guide for use in the city's comprehensive high schools. Instruction based on this guide was intended, in part, to develop critical thinking ability, open‐mindedness, and knowledge of the processes of science. Critical thinking ability and open‐mindedness appears to have been developed; but only when pretesting was part of the teaching process. Knowledge of the processes of science has not been developed by students in chemistry classes following the Guide, perhaps because of a lack of strict adherence to the intent and content of the chemistry guide.