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The Development of Scientific Thinking Skills
- 1st Edition, Volume V - February 28, 1988
- Editors: Deanna Kuhn, Harry Beilin, Eric Amsel, Michael O'Loughlin
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 2 8 4 3 0 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 8 8 5 8 4 - 1
How is existing knowledge reconciled with new information in the mind of a young child, as compared to that of a more sophisticated thinker?Development of Scientific Thinki… Read more
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Development of Scientific Thinking Skills explores a new framework for the conceptualization of changes in the strategies of inductive reasoning from middle childhood to adulthood.
Development of Scientific Thinking Skills explores a new framework for the conceptualization of changes in the strategies of inductive reasoning from middle childhood to adulthood.
- Cognitive development
- Thinking skills
- Scientific thinking
- Evidence evaluation
- Theory Revision
Researchers and graduate students in cognitive, developmental, and educational psychology.
D. Kuhn, Introduction.
The Development of Scientific Thinking.
Related Work.
D. Kuhn and E. Amsel with the assistance of L. Schauble, The Evaluation of Evidence.
The Interpretation of Covariation and Noncovariation Evidence.
The Influence of Theory on Evaluation of Evidence.
The Reconstruction of Theory and Evidence.
D. Kuhn and M. O'Loughlin with the assistance of W. Yotive, The Coordination of Theory and Evidence.
Replication: The Evaluation of Evidence.
The Interpretation of Insufficient and Mixed Evidence.
The Coordination of Evidence with Multiple Theories.
The Generation of Evidence to Evaluate Theories.
The Development of Skills in Coordinating Theory and Evidence.
D. Kuhn and B. Leadbeater, The Connection of Theory and Evidence.
The Interpretation of Divergent Evidence.
D. Kuhn, Conclusion.
Summary and Conclusions.
References.
Index.
The Development of Scientific Thinking.
Related Work.
D. Kuhn and E. Amsel with the assistance of L. Schauble, The Evaluation of Evidence.
The Interpretation of Covariation and Noncovariation Evidence.
The Influence of Theory on Evaluation of Evidence.
The Reconstruction of Theory and Evidence.
D. Kuhn and M. O'Loughlin with the assistance of W. Yotive, The Coordination of Theory and Evidence.
Replication: The Evaluation of Evidence.
The Interpretation of Insufficient and Mixed Evidence.
The Coordination of Evidence with Multiple Theories.
The Generation of Evidence to Evaluate Theories.
The Development of Skills in Coordinating Theory and Evidence.
D. Kuhn and B. Leadbeater, The Connection of Theory and Evidence.
The Interpretation of Divergent Evidence.
D. Kuhn, Conclusion.
Summary and Conclusions.
References.
Index.
- No. of pages: 249
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: V
- Published: February 28, 1988
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780124284302
- eBook ISBN: 9780080885841
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Deanna Kuhn
Affiliations and expertise
Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, U.S.A.HB
Harry Beilin
Affiliations and expertise
City University of New York Graduate School, New York, U.S.A.EA
Eric Amsel
Affiliations and expertise
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.MO
Michael O'Loughlin
Affiliations and expertise
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, U.S.A.