[宇涵] 第六週

本週的課程是做命題與假設的分辨與練習，課堂的開始是檢討同學們上週所做的命題與假設的作業，老師對同學的作業各都提出了一些建議，我做的練習如下:
Proposition 1:
There is a relationship between tradition and individual’s stock of knowledge.
Hypothesis 1:
It is likely that Taiwanese aborigines’ believing their ancestor’s soul lead to disease is the influence of tradition.

Proposition 2:
There is a relationship between how people learn knowledge and their prejudice.
Hypothesis 2:
It is likely that Taiwanese aborigines’ faith in the Shaman’s is a prejudice.

照老師檢視同學們的命題與假設，給的建議多是精細度的問題，命題在一開始概念就要很清楚，要用較專指的概念來命題，但數量最好不要超過三個，而假設的概念要能夠測量、是操作型的，而命題及假設要互相連結。
整理該注意的事項如下:
1.scope of the concept
2.order/structure of the concepts of the proposition
3.correspondence between propositions and hypothesis
4.is the hypothesis the testable version of proposition
5.including an expression of the likelihood/probability of the relationship

本次上課花了很多時間在與電腦網路搏鬥(上傳作業)，如果可以節省這些時間直接進入上課的話就更好了。另外則在檢討大家命題作業上花了很長時間，我很喜歡這樣子的討論，在一來一往的問問題與討論中我們跟著思考，對學習的概念愈想愈多，可能會覺得比一開始更糊塗的事更多了，那是因為看到更多的關係，經過這一團混亂的思考，好奇心會驅使我們理出一條頭緒。