Research Questions
| Case | Students’ Approach |
Does studying Nature of science in a student-centered classroom change students’ conception of Science? | FN | She had changed her attitude about the NOS and explained that science changes in the manner of a paradigm shift as described by Kuhn. |
KB | At the end of second semester Her response as to how theories come about followed that of Popper. | |
GL | He thought that the process of changing theories is really slow moving and eventually a new paradigm slowly replaces the old one. Theories change in the manner described by Kuhn. | |
MC | This student’s views of science didn’t change but she was able to give a much clearer exposition of her Baconian views. | |
SM | He explained the Kuhnian point of view that when new theories come about, there will be a resistance from the scientific community as happened in the time of Galileo. |