Discuss the process of scientific thinking

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Chapter11: Evolution And Its Processes
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Problem 21CTQ: How does the scientific meaning of “theory” differ from the common, everyday meaning of the word?
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SCIENTIFIC THINKING:- Refers to both thinking about the content of science and the set of reasoning processes that permeate the field of science.. there are 7 essential steps in scientific thinking,

 7  ESSENTIAL STEPS FOR PROCESS OF  SCIENTIFIC THINKING:-

1.OBSERVATION;- this is a process of looking closely,noticing from different view points,and quietly watching without much doing.

2. COMPARE:-Making comparisons invites us to move beyond telling what we noticed  about something to begin expressing relationship between things.

3.ORGANIZE:- This is the process of grouping thinhg by recognizable traits. we can match ,group and organize materials in many different ways. we can begin to understand that objects can belongs to more than one group at a time.

4.PREDICT:- this is the process of questioning and speculating , based on prior knowledge gained in the first 3 steps. we can get better  and better at prediction through experience.

 

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