CREATE Cornerstone: Introduction to Scientific Thinking, a New Course for STEM-Interested Freshmen, Demystifies Scientific Thinking through Analysis of Scientific Literature

This study shows that a one-semester course aimed at STEM-interested freshmen and focused on scientific literature analysis using the CREATE strategy can produce gains in thinking/design ability as well as epistemological maturation.

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