Exploring science

The cognition and development of discovery processes

David Klahr

256 pages, parution le 01/01/2000

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Einstein said that "the whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking." David Klahr suggests that we now know enough about cognition--and hence about everyday thinking--to advance our understanding of scientific thinking. In this book he sets out to describe the cognitive and developmental processes that have enabled scientists to make the discoveries that comprise the body of information we call "scientific knowledge."Over the past decade Klahr and his colleagues have conducted extensive laboratory experiments in which they create discovery contexts, computer-based environments, to evoke the kind of thinking characteristic of scientific discovery in the "real world." In attempting to solve the problems posed by the discovery tasks, experiment participants (from preschoolers through university students, as well as laypersons) use many of the same higher-order cognitive processes used by practicing scientists. Through this work Klahr integrates two disparate approaches--the content-based approach and the process-based approach--to present a comprehensive model of the psychology of scientific discovery.Contents

Investigating Scientific Thinking: Why and How
Scientific Discovery as Problem Solving
A Paradigm for Investigating Scientific Discovery in the Psychology Lab with Kevin Dunbar
Coordinating Dual Search: The Role of Evidence with Kevin Dunbar
Developmental Aspects of Scientific Reasoning with Kevin Dunbar and Anne L. Fay
Further Explorations of the BT Experiment Space with Anne L. Fay, Kevin Dunbar, and David Penner
Multiple-Space Search in a More Complex Discovery Microworld. Christian D. Schunn and David Klahr
Discovery Discoveries

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	The MIT Press
Auteur(s)	David Klahr
Parution	01/01/2000
Nb. de pages	256
Format	14 x 22
Couverture	Broché
Poids	386g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780262611763
ISBN13	978-0-262-11248-2