sciencingとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈsaɪənsɪŋ/

名詞

sciencing (uncountable)

1. (pedagogy, early childhood education) The active, hands-on process of exploration and discovery through which individuals (especially children) construct their own understanding of the natural world.

   In a constructivist classroom, sciencing is valued over the mere memorization of facts.

2. (informal) The act of applying the scientific method or technical skills to solve a problem, often in a creative or improvisational manner.

   We're going to have to do some serious sciencing to get this rover moving again.

3. (rare) The systematic classification or study of a particular subject.

動詞

sciencing

1. present participle of science
2. (transitive, informal) To treat or analyze something using scientific principles.

   The researchers began sciencing the data to find a hidden pattern.

参考

• scientize
• experimentation

参照

• “sciencing”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Science is Sciencing, Nancie L. Gonzalez, Science, Vol. 219, No. 4583 (1983).