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Featured Article
Owning the Scientific Method
As science teachers, one of the most essential concepts we convey to our students is the scientific method: what it is, how it is applied, and its limitations. In many introductory biology courses, discussion of the scientific method occurs right at the start of the semester, when many students (particularly students forced to take a science course to fulfill their school's general education requirement) are at their most apprehensive. The scientific method can seem like a foreign concept, something that "those wacky scientists" do, replete with jargon and formality. Yet, with a minimum of prompting, most students can see that they are inherently familiar with the scientific method.
