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An Empirical Examination of the Warfare Metaphor with Respect to Pre-Service Elementary Teachers
William W. Cobern; Cathleen C. Loving; Edward B. Davis; Jeff Terpstra
Journal of Science Education and Technology Vol. 22, No. 4 (August 2013) pp. 488–499
Since its origination in the late nineteenth century, the warfare metaphor has been used to characterize the relationship between science and religion, especially orthodox Christianity. Though thoroughly discredited by historians of science, the...
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Experimental Comparison of Inquiry and Direct Instruction in Science
William W. Cobern; David Schuster; Betty Adams; Brooks Applegate; Brandy Skjold; Adriana Undreiu; Cathleen C. Loving; Janice D. Gobert
Research in Science & Technological Education Vol. 28, No. 1 (April 2010) pp. 81–96
There are continuing educational and political debates about "inquiry" versus "direct" teaching of science. Traditional science instruction has been largely direct but in the US, recent national and state science education standards advocate inquiry ...