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The Chemical Educator
ISSN: 1430-4171 (electronic version)
Abstract Volume 1
Issue 2 (1996), S1430-4171(96)02022-5
The Application of Scientific Methodology to a Contemporary Sports Journal
Rick Venedam
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
Published online: 25 May 1996
Abstract. Often neglected as a foundation for scientific inquiry are contemporary sports journals and the articles contained within them. It is common to encounter authoritative assertions by various authors that are in truth ordinary suppositions infrequently based on tenable scientific data. This article outlines a model for transforming an ordinary "factual" statement, taken from a recent sporting journal, into an educational experience that includes experimental design, supporting documentation, methods of experimental verification, and the scientific method as a whole.
Key Words: In the Classroom; scientific method; black powder; pyrodex; sports journals; demonstration
(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: Richard.Venedam@nau.edu)
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Issue date: May 25,
1996
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