"Crazy Fool Fish"

“Crazy Fool Fish!” aka “Hotheads”. The link to the article has been changed to http://discovermagazine.com/1995/apr/01-molelike-animal-melts-ice-tunnels-with-its-head “It was just such ... See More

“Crazy Fool Fish!” aka “Hotheads”. The link to the article has been changed to http://discovermagazine.com/1995/apr/01-molelike-animal-melts-ice-tunnels-with-its-head “It was just such mechanical teaching of science that prompted education associations and scientists to explicitly repudiate the concept of one size fits all scientific method. NSTA’s Standards for Science Teacher Preparation specifically states that no such method exists, noting that inquiry should not be reduced to the specific steps, but should be dynamic and reach beyond isolated procedures (NSTA 1998; 2003). “ Initially, on my first read through the article, I thought the authors were proponents of throwing the Scientific Method out the window. In reality, they are advocating students understand how “real scientists” approach a problem. It is not about a step by step, rigid method, but teaching students to think about the data that comes from the investigation of a question or problem. This is a 2010 article on the Scientific Method that should be used to understand the 2013 Common Core and National Standard expectations. This is an excellent article to cause us to ponder how the evolution of what we have always done is changing and why. We don’t need to throw out the investigations of the past, we just need to rethink how we use them and the skills students gain.

Controversy

The author of this article seems to think that the "scientific method" of teaching science should be thrown out the window and "Empirical results and experimental observations and evidence a... See More

The author of this article seems to think that the "scientific method" of teaching science should be thrown out the window and "Empirical results and experimental observations and evidence are the cornerstones of today’s sciences." He feels that all science is inquiry based. I believe that there is a place for both the scientific method and inquiry and that in some instances they can go together. I don't think you can throw out the scientific method altogether.