Excellent article that clearly explains the meaning and significance of "induction" in the history of philosophy. Relates the concept to philosophy of science as well as epistemology, demonstrating how the issues raised by induction are...

Understand how inductive reasoning is used as the structure of scientific explanation, and that it is a deductive argument whose conclusion is the event to be explained.

Provides explanations of terms used in science: fact, deductive inference, inductive inference, hypothesis, multiple working hypotheses, theory, evidence, Ockham's Razor, natural law, and paradigm.

This site can get as detailed as you care to get in the study of logic. Start at the beginning for a definition of logic, and continue on for more in depth study.

Students, teachers, and parents alike will enjoy this challenging math site. It contains a clever brain teaser section plus creative problems related to algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and probability. A Spanish...

A very challenging game of strategy and skill from Backgammon Galore. The student plays backgammon against a computer program. Included is a page on instructions so the student can learn the game.

Learn how logic and reasoning play a part in everyday thinking, and how deductive and inductive reasoning leads investigators to conclusions.

Explore the concept of scientific reasoning, and compare and contrast hypothesis and theories while understanding the difference between deductive and inductive thinking.

Take this interactive, multiple-choice quiz over biology concepts and the scientific method, then review your score and any missed questions at the end.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find out about how people use scientific reasoning to think scientifically. Included in the assignment is a four minute video and review questions.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The differences between deductive and inductive reasoning are described in this lesson.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes scientific problem solving and the scientific method.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Introduces the scientific method and presents the difference between a theory and a law.

This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides information about teaching strategies: The Inductive Strategy, The Concept Attainment Strategy, The Deductive Strategy, The Cooperative Unit Teaching Strategy, The Mind Mapping Strategy. and...