Science Stories: Using Case Studies To Teach Critical Thinking

Contents:

Introduction (Clyde Freeman Herreid)

Section I: The Nature of Science
Chapter 1: The Scientific Method Ain’t What It Used to Be (Clyde Freeman Herreid)
Chapter 2: Learning About the Nature of Science With Case Studies (Kathy Gallucci)
Chapter 3: Can Case Studies Be Used to Teach Critical Thinking? (Clyde Freeman Herreid)
Chapter 4: The “Case” for Critical Thinking (David R. Terry)
The Case Studies

Section II: Historical Cases
Chapter 5: Childbed Fever: A 19th-Century Mystery (Christa Colyer)
Chapter 6: Mystery of the Blue Death: John Snow and Cholera (Susan Bandoni Muench)
Chapter 7: Salem's Secrets: On the Track of the Salem Witch Trials (Susan M. Nava-Whitehead and Joan-Beth Gow)
Chapter 8: The Bacterial Theory of Ulcers: A Nobel-Prize-Winning Discovery (Debra Ann Meuler)

Section III: Experimental Design
Chapter 9: Lady Tasting Coffee (Jacinth Maynard, Mary Puterbaugh Mulcahy, and Daniel Kermick)
Chapter 10: Memory Loss in Mice (Michael S. Hudecki)
Chapter 11: Mom Always Liked You Best (Clyde Freeman Herreid)
Chapter 12: PCBs in the Last Frontier (Michael Tessmer)
Chapter 13: The Great Parking Debate (Jennifer S. Feenstra)
Chapter 14: Poison Ivy: A Rash Decision (Rosemary H. Ford)

Section IV: The Scientific Method Meets Unusual Claims
Chapter 15: Extrasensory Perception? (Sarah G. Stonefoot and Clyde Freeman Herreid)
Chapter 16: A Need for Needles: Does Acupuncture Really Work? (Sarah G. Stonefoot and Clyde Freeman Herreid)
Chapter 17: Love Potion #10: Human Pheromones at Work? (Susan Holt)
Chapter 18: The “Mozart Effect” (Lisa D. Hager)
Chapter 19: Prayer Study: Science or Not? (Kathy Gallucci)
Chapter 20: The Case of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker (Kathrin Stanger-Hall, Jennifer Merriam, and Ruth Ann Greuling)

Section V: Science and Society
Chapter 21: Moon to Mars: To Boldly Go ... or Not (Erik Zavrel)
Chapter 22: And Now What, Ms. Ranger? The Search for the Intelligent Designer (Clyde Freeman Herreid)
Chapter 23: The Case of the Tainted Taco Shells (Ann Taylor)
Chapter 24: Medicinal Use of Marijuana (Clyde Freeman Herreid and Kristie DuRei)
Chapter 25: Amanda's Absence: Should Vioxx Be Kept Off the Market? (Dan Johnson)
Chapter 26: Sex and Vaccination (Erik Zavrel and Clyde Freeman Herreid)

Section VI: Science and the Media
Chapter 27: Tragic Choices: Autism, Measles, and the MMR Vaccine (Matthew Rowe)
Chapter 28: Ah-choo! Climate Change and Allergies (Juanita Constible, Luke Sandro, and Richard E. Lee Jr)
Chapter 29: Rising Temperatures: The Politics of Information (Christopher V. Hollister)
Chapter 30: Eating PCBs From Lake Ontario (Eric Ribbens)

Section VII: Ethics and the Scientific Process
Chapter 31: Mother's Milk Cures Cancer? (Linda L. Tichenor)
Chapter 32: Cancer Cure or Conservation (Pauline A. Lizotte and Gretchen E. Knapp)
Chapter 33: A Rush to Judgment? (Sheryl R. Ginn and Elizabeth J. Meinz)
Chapter 34: How a Cancer Trial Ended in Betrayal (Ye Chen-Izu)
Chapter 35: Bringing Back Baby Jason: To Clone or Not to Clone (Jennifer Hayes-Klosteridis)
Chapter 36: Selecting the Perfect Baby: The Ethics of ?Embryo Design? (Julia Omarzu)
Chapter 37: Studying Racial Bias: Too Hot to Handle? (Jane Marantz Connor)
Chapter 38: Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Project (Ann W. Fourtner, Charles R. Fourtner, and Clyde Freeman Herreid)
List of Contributors
Selected Bibliography on Case Study Teaching in Science
Appendix A: Case Summary and Overview
Appendix B: Alignment With National Science Education Standards for Science Content, Grades 9?12
Appendix C: Evaluating Student Casework
Index