Scientific Process Skills and Creative Thinking in Science
Chapter from the book: Akpınar, A. (ed.) 2023. Research on Mathematics and Science.

Nilay Korkmaz
Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University

Synopsis

The content of the information learned in the nature of science; It is very important to teach students how to use knowledge in a scientific, logical, philosophical and social context. According to the purposes of the course, in traditional lessons, educators direct the students to assimilate, comprehend, use, analyze, synthesize and evaluate the material they will need in their daily lives. Students are asked to apply the material after they understand and collect information when they are appropriate. In other words, students are less active in autonomous studies. Time restrictions for synthesis and evaluation constitute a difficulty for analysis. In a typical class, students are systematically taught before reinforcing new scientific concepts with exercises. The main skills that provide ways and methodologies of research can be categorized as the active participation of the student, scientific process skills, developing a sense of responsibility for one's own learning, increasing the permanence of learning and providing research techniques. In scientific studies, creativity often completes the methods used in science. In order to show problems and formulate the theories and develop experiments to test them, the creativity and knowledge of the scientific method is particularly useful. The task of scientific process skill education is to establish a bridge. In other words, students should be able to apply scientific method information both in their daily lives and in other courses. Creative individuals can expand their knowledge and methodologies by connecting between different fields.

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Korkmaz, N. (2023). Scientific Process Skills and Creative Thinking in Science. In: Akpınar, A. (ed.), Research on Mathematics and Science. Özgür Publications. DOI: https://doi.org/10.58830/ozgur.pub81.c216

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March 24, 2023

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