Asked by Mia
                Hi.  One of my science vocab words is paradigm.  The definition is a model that provides a framework for interpreting observations.  Okay, so I have that definition memorized, but the book doesn't provide any specific examples of paradigms, so I don't REALLY know what it means.  Could someone please help?  Thanks.
            
            
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                    Answered by
            Ms. Sue
            
    Paradigm is a difficult word to understand.  Here are a couple of sentences that use "paradigm."
Google is a <i>paradigm</i> of a search engine company.
Ms. Orange, a <i>paradigm</i> of a great teacher, inspired her students to excell in math.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/paradigm
    
Google is a <i>paradigm</i> of a search engine company.
Ms. Orange, a <i>paradigm</i> of a great teacher, inspired her students to excell in math.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/paradigm
                    Answered by
            Mia
            
    Is it the same thing as a paragon?  
Can you use paradigm in the science-related context?
    
Can you use paradigm in the science-related context?
                    Answered by
            Ms. Sue
            
    Paragon and pardigm have similar meanings and in some contexts may be used interchangeably.
Dictionary.com uses this sentence in a scientific contest as an example.
"Since the 1960s, paradigm has been used in science to refer to a theoretical framework, as when Nobel Laureate David Baltimore cited the work of two colleagues that 'really established a new paradigm for our understanding of the causation of cancer.'"
    
Dictionary.com uses this sentence in a scientific contest as an example.
"Since the 1960s, paradigm has been used in science to refer to a theoretical framework, as when Nobel Laureate David Baltimore cited the work of two colleagues that 'really established a new paradigm for our understanding of the causation of cancer.'"
                    Answered by
            Mia
            
    Gah!!  But I need some sort of substantial example.  All of the definitions you are giving me seem too abstract.
    
                    Answered by
            Ms. Sue
            
    That's because <i>paradigm</i> is an abstract word.  All of the examples will be abstract.
    
                    Answered by
            Mia
            
    Well, what is a synonym for paradigm?
    
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