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| THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC THINKING SKILLS
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Harry Beilin, City University of New York Graduate School, New York, U.S.A.
Deanna Kuhn, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, U.S.A.
Eric Amsel, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Michael O'Loughlin, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, U.S.A.
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.
Audience
Researchers and graduate students in cognitive, developmental, and educational psychology.
Contents
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.
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Hardbound, 249 pages, publication date: FEB-1988
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-428430-2
ISBN-10: 0-12-428430-2
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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