The development of scientific thinking skills
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The development of scientific thinking skills
(Developmental psychology series)
Academic Press, c1988
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Bibliography: p. 236-242
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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.
Table of 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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