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Observation

The act of noting something that can be sensed directly or with the aid of an instrument (i.e. the final score of a basketball game).
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Direct observations are made through the


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Chiappetta, E.L., Koballa, Jr., T.R., Science Instruction in the Middle and Secondary Schools (Macmillan Publishing Company, 1994), 152.

five senses: (1) sight, (2) hearing, (3) smell, (4) touch, and (5) taste.

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