@inproceedings{HettichSumJoedicke2024, author = {Hettich, Christian and Sum, J{\"u}rgen and J{\"o}dicke, Bernd}, title = {Learning the Process of Gaining Scientific Knowledge}, series = {Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Physics Teaching in Engineering Education PTEE 2024}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Physics Teaching in Engineering Education PTEE 2024}, editor = {Sch{\"a}fle, Claudia and Stanzel, Silke and Junker, Elmar and Lux, Christine}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:861-opus4-25748}, pages = {26 -- 30}, year = {2024}, abstract = {We present how a teaching unit can be designed to teach the scientific method. To understand how scientific progress happens, it is necessary to understand the fundamental process by which science generates new knowledge. Teaching the process from observation, hypothesis, prediction, experiment/thought experiment, testing and possibly revising the hypothesis to a theory poses several challenges for the teacher. We will show how we let our students carry out this process themselves in a teaching unit of 1.5 hours.}, language = {en} }