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2003, AER, 2 (2), 138, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/AER2003020
Teaching the Scientific Method in Introductory Astronomy
Published 5 December 2003
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Add to FacebookAn important goal for many instructors of introductory astronomy courses for nonscience majors is exposing students to the methods and process of science. This article describes a method for using the concepts of astronomy to demonstrate the scientific process at the beginning of an introductory astronomy course so that students will be able to use the process throughout the rest of the course.
© 2003 Michael LoPresto. Copyright assigned to the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.
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Published online 05 December 2003
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