The method of multiple working hypotheses in undergraduate education with an example of its application and misapplication

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 123-128

  Spencer, Patrick Kevin ^a,b  

^a WHITMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Education science; History of geology; History of science; Paleontology general; Philosophy of science

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006560568     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-45.2.123     Document Type: Article

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