Tools for critical thinking in biology /

The American Association for the Advancement of Science's report on Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education suggests that instructors ""can no longer rely solely on trying to cover a syllabus packed with topics"" but rather should ""introduce fewer con...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jenkins, Stephen H. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Temas:
Biology > Research > Philosophy.
Causation.
Critical thinking.
Biology > methods
Causality
Empirical Research
Research Design
Biologie > Recherche > Philosophie.
Pensée critique.
Causalité.
NATURE > Reference.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > General.
Biology > Research > Philosophy
Causation
Critical thinking
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Discovery and causation
  • Observations as evidence
  • From observations to data
  • Experiments: the gold standard for research
  • Correlations, comparisons, and causation
  • The diverse use of models in biology
  • Genes, environments, and the complexity of causation
  • From causes to consequences: considering the weight of evidence
  • Science as a social process
  • Critical thinking about climate change.

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