The Development of Scientific Thinking Skills

Deanna Kuhn, Eric Amsel, Michael O'Loughlin

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Published: 1988-02-28

Pages: 249

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.

  • Cognitive development
  • Thinking skills
  • Scientific thinking
  • Evidence evaluation
  • Theory Revision

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