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Oldroyd (1986) describes the method of science and the relationship between induction and deduction as ‘the arch of knowledge.’ The arch begins with the use of induction (see also) to form patterns, generalizations or laws (see also) from those observations.
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McComas, W. F. (2004). Keys to teaching the nature of science: Focusing on the nature of science in the science classroom. The Science Teacher, 71(9), 24-27.
Oldroyd, D. R. (1986). The arch of knowledge: An introductory study of the history of the philosophy and methodology of science. New York, NY: Methuen.
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McComas, W.F. (2014). Deduction. In: McComas, W.F. (eds) The Language of Science Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-497-0_28
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