Title:
The development of scientific thinking skills
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Series:
Development psychology series
Publication Information:
San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, 1988
ISBN:
9780124284302
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Summary
Summary
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.
Table of Contents
| IntroductionD. Kuhnlt |
| The Development of Scientific Thinking |
| Related Work |
| With the assistance ofD. Kuhn and E. Amsellt |
| The Evaluation of EvidenceL. Schaublelt |
| The Interpretation of Covariation and Noncovariation Evidence |
| The Influence of Theory on Evaluation of Evidence |
| The Reconstruction of Theory and Evidence |
| ith the assistance ofD. Kuhn and M. O'Loughlinlt |
| The Coordination of Theory and EvidenceW. Yotivelt |
| 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 |
| The Connection of Theory and EvidenceD. Kuhn and B. Leadbeaterlt |
| The Interpretation of Divergent Evidence |
| ConclusionD. Kuhnlt |
| Summary and Conclusions |
| References |
| Index |
