Data Versus Evidence: Investigating the Difference

by: Mary Grace Villanueva and Brian Hand

Science teachers and graduate students have developed activities and assessment tools that begin to help students make the distinction between data and evidence. Two activities are covered in this article.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 9/1/2011Stock # ss11_035_01_42Volume 035Issue 01

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