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http://dx.doi.org/10.9722/JGTE.2013.23.5.817

Thomas Young's Problem Solving through Analogical Reasoning in the Process of Light Inference Theory Formation and Its Implications for Scientific Creativity Education  

Kim, Wonsook (Jugam Middle School)
Kim, Youngmin (Pusan National University)
Seo, Hae-Ae (Pusan National University)
Park, Jongseok (Kyungpook National University)
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Journal of Gifted/Talented Education / v.23, no.5, 2013 , pp. 817-833 More about this Journal
Abstract
The study aims to analyze Thomas Young's problem solving processes of analogical reasoning during the formation of the interference theory of light, and to draw its implications for secondary science education, particularly for enhancing creativity in science. The research method employed in the study was literature review of the papers which Young himself had written about sound wave and property of light. His thinking processes and specific features in his thought that were obtained through analysis of his papers about light are as follows: Young reconsidered Newton's experiments and observations, and reinterpreted Newton's results in the new viewpoints. Through this analysis, Young discovered that Newton's interpretation about his own experiments and observations was faulty in a certain point of view and new interpretation is necessary. Based on the data, it is hypothesized that colors observed on thin plates and colors appeared repeatedly on Newton's ring are appeared because of the effect of light interference. Young used analogical reasoning during the process of inference of similarity between sound and light. And he formulated an hypothesis on the interference of light through using abductive reasoning from interference of water wave, and proved the hypothesis by constructing an creative experimental device, which is called a critical experiment. It is implicated that the analogical reasoning and experimental devices for explaining the light interference which Young created and used can be utilized for school science education enhancing creativity in science.
Keywords
Thomas Young; interference theory of light; analogical reasoning; abductive reasoning; creativity in science;
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