Abstract
<em>This paper reviews some of the most critical issues in science in terms of scientific thinking, and reasoning. Many students arrive at college poorly prepared to function in the typical science class and encounter a good deal of difficulty. This paper provides some general information regarding critical thinking skills and delves into some specific realms that need investigation and formative evaluation.</em>
Highlights
This paper provides some general information regarding critical thinking skills and delves into some specific realms that need investigation and formative evaluation
All too often, students arrive at the college freshman level lacking critical thinking skills
It is important in scientific thinking to consider all variables that could have an impact on the experiment, or the outcome of the experiment. b) Independent Variable—this is the variable that is going to be manipulated
Summary
Students arrive at the college freshman level lacking critical thinking skills. College freshmen arrive lacking basic terminology, basic understanding of processes and procedures, and lacking expertise with the basic scientific method. The reasons for this are many and varied and probably worthy of empirical exploration. This paper will provide some basic elements needed for adequate critical thinking procedures and processes in the realm of science. Many students do not understand the language, the concepts; the importance of these words, or confuses the terms and have forgotten some of the most salient, critical terms These shall be reviewed below: a) Variable—any item of interest, any factor of interest, any specific thing or element that could have an impact on the outcome of an experiment. This is the variable that might be increased or decreased as the experiment continues, or a specific factor that needs to be examined to see its impact on another variable that will be examined or measured in some way, shape, www.scholink.org/ojs/index.php/wjer
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