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http://dx.doi.org/10.14697/jkase.2013.33.7.1285

An Analysis on Problem-Finding Patterns of Well-Known Creative Scientists  

Kim, Youngmin (Pusan National University)
Seo, Hae-Ae (Pusan National University)
Park, Jongseok (Kyungpook National University)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.33, no.7, 2013 , pp. 1285-1299 More about this Journal
Abstract
Nurturing students' scientific creativity is considered an important element in science education in Korea. The study aims to explore patterns displayed by well-known scientists in their quest for problem finding. Each case of scientists' course of problem solving is described in terms of historical background, a process of problem finding, and a process of problem solving. There are five patterns from ten scientists which are as follows: Pattern 1 is that scientists find problems from insufficiencies and/or errors from explanation of theories at the time and the related cases are A. Lavoisier, G. Mendel, and J. Watson. Pattern 2 shows that scientists find a problem because of strange phenomena unexplained by theories at the time, and here important case studies are E. Rutherford and W. R$\ddot{o}$ntgen. Pattern 3 demonstrates that scientists find a problem from analogical reasoning between known theories and unknown science phenomena. The cases include S. Carnot and T. Young. Pattern 4 points to the fact that scientists find a problem while they utilize a newly invented experimental instrument. Here, G. Galilei is an important example. Pattern 5 establishes that scientists happen to find a problem while they conduct research projects. The works of M. Faraday and J. Kepler are prominent case studies related to this pattern.
Keywords
problem finding; problem solving; patterns of problem finding; scientific creativity; science history;
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