Constructing Science
Connecting Casual Reasoning to Scientific Thinking in Young Children
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2022
Summary
An examination of children’s causal reasoning capacities and how those capacities serve as the foundation of their scientific thinking.
Young children have remarkable capacities for causal reasoning, which are part of the foundation of their scientific thinking abilities. In Constructing Science, Deena Weisberg and David Sobel trace the ways that young children’s sophisticated causal reasoning abilities combine with other cognitive, metacognitive, and social factors to develop into a …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262044684 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262044684 |
| Author: | Deena Skolnick Weisberg, David M. Sobel |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2022 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
About The Author
Deena Skolnick Weisberg
Deena Skolnick Weisberg is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Villanova University, where she directs the Scientific Thinking and Representation (STAR) Laboratory.
David M. Sobel is Professor in the Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences at Brown University, where he directs the Causality and Mind Lab. He is coeditor of Cognitive Development in Museum Settings- Relating Research to Practice.
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