The Development of Scientific Thinking Skills: Volume V
Published on 1. December 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
249 pages
978-1-4933-0141-6 (ISBN)
Description
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 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.
Reviews / Votes
"The Development of Scientific Thinking Skills...is a comprehensive examination of the development of children's scientific thinking skills that is convincing in its breadth, creativity, and thoroughness." --Harvard Educational ReviewMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Researchers and graduate students in cognitive, developmental, and educational psychology.
ISBN-13
978-1-4933-0141-6 (9781493301416)
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Deanna Kuhn | Eric Amsel | Michael O'Loughlin
The Development of Scientific Thinking Skills: Volume V
Book
03/1988
Academic Press
€81.70
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Content
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.