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Karl Popper's Method and Educational Research

irrational attitude towards the customs of social life, and the corresponding rigidity of those customs" (Popper quoted in McInnes...

Falsification Theories of Karl Popper

In fifteen pages Karl Popper's 1934 The Logic of Scientific Theory is examined in terms of the proof and falsification theories de...

Obstacles of Knowledge According to Francis Bacon

were synonymous. In his investigations into science, Aristotle knew of inductive reasoning, but he relied heavily on use of the de...

Attack on Personal Identity by David Hume and Karl Popper's Response

In five pages Hume's attack on the self or personal identity is discussed as represented in A Treatise of Human Nature and also co...

Clifford, Karl Popper, Insufficient Evidence, and the O.J. Simpson Case

In five pages this paper examines Clifford's claim that insufficient evidence leads to lack of believability in a discussion that ...

Galilean Science, Ptolemy, and Aristotle Viewed from the Perspective of Karl Popper

In eight pages this paper considers Karl Popper's thoughts on Galileo's theories, who himself had been critical of Ptolemy and Ari...

Karl Marx and the Criticism of Karl Popper

with the use of a random sample, one can say that a conclusion may be drawn. If it is found that children will think like their pa...

Knowledge as a Construct of Society

In seven pages this research paper applies the philosophies of Karl Popper, Emile Durkheim, and Michel Foucault to an examination ...

Refutations and Conjectures

to favor a theory, Popper believed, was taking the easy way out; only by finding a theorys flaws and weaknesses could it be consid...

Margaret Wheatley's Leadership and the New Science and Karl Popper's A Survey of Some Fundamental Problems

that seem to drive us to distrust change and the inevitable occurrences that are associated with such. "We seem fixated on structu...

Evaluating the Theory of Karl Popper

point. Is it possible to make a sharp distinction between science and non-science? What is Poppers way of demarcating scientific ...

Knowing Truth That Has Not Been Proven

However, we can also argue that the proof f this truth made no difference to whether the belief was true, being true even before i...

Summer Research Programs and Mentoring

In twenty pages this paper examines minority student educational development in a discussion of the benefits offered by summer res...

Critique of a Survey Study

completed the study instruments, which measured both personality and work-related stressors that are associated with burnout stres...

Views of Popper and Schlick on Metaphysics

In seven pages Popper's falsification and verification comparison along with Schlick's theory on verification are examined in this...

Civilian Review Boards and Internal Affairs

This research paper offers a discussion of the characteristics of civilian review boards and internal affairs as methods for addre...

Autism: Research-Based Instruction

limited reinforcement repertoire, short attention span, distraction, slower learning, difficulty grasping abstract concepts, poor ...

Quantitative v. Qualitative Data

they are classified, counted and used to construct statistical models. Many quantitative researchers generally view the qualitat...

Children with Disabilities and a Health Promotion Program

of developing healthy habits in children with the expectation that these habits will continue throughout life (2003). The high rat...

System of Education in Japan

In seventeen pages this paper considers the elementary educational curriculum of Japan and the government controls that are in pla...

Education and the Integration of Technology

as keeping track of grades and attendance records (Gray 2010). By the same token, at least 96% of teachers report the use of word ...

Interviewing and Research Concepts

In five pages this paper discusses researching through a combination of interviewing and research as considered in applicable chap...

Montessori and Vygotsky: current applications.

the main query as to how students learn, Vygotsky explored how students construct meaning (Jaramillo, 1996; p. 133). Vygots...

Falsifiability and Karl Popper

at the time of his own writing (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2002). What Popper was doing was going against the commonly a...

Data Presentation and Methods of Statistical Evaluation

changes resulting from the training program (Kirkpatrick, 1998). Measuring results, which helps researchers actually deter...

Economic Implications of Different Ventilation Choices for COPD Patients

beneficial or having no impact, negative or positive on most patients outcomes (Agarwal et al, 2009; Masip et al, 2005). The ben...

Advantages and Disadvantages of Field Notes

note-taking can be extremely difficult. These kinds of interviews require more note-taking, which can amount to pages and pages an...

Educational Instruction: Assessing the Varied Approaches

will be able to employ proven methods to provide children, especially those with some type of learning disability, an effective wa...

Research Methods Journal Articles Reviewed

time period. The variables, as such, were the teachers, themselves. The study pointed out the need and the purpose clearly as th...

Examination of The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx

(not many women were in places of ruling in those days), the people who controlled the production of product and the money made. T...