Exploring Science The Cognition and Development of Discovery Processes
| Author/creator | Klahr, David Author |
| Other author | Simon, Herbert A. 1916-2001 Foreword by |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge : MIT Press |
| Description | 255 p. ill 09.000 x 06.000 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
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| Summary | Annotation Einstein said that "the whole of science is nothing more than a refinement ofeveryday thinking." David Klahr suggests that we now know enough about cognition -- and hence abouteveryday thinking -- to advance our understanding of scientific thinking. In this book he sets outto describe the cognitive and developmental processes that have enabled scientists to make thediscoveries that comprise the body of information we call "scientificknowledge."Over the past decade Klahr and his colleagues have conducted extensivelaboratory experiments in which they create discovery contexts, computer-based environments, toevoke the kind of thinking characteristic of scientific discovery in the "real world." In attemptingto solve the problems posed by the discovery tasks, experiment participants (from preschoolersthrough university students, as well as laypersons) use many of the same higher-order cognitiveprocesses 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 ofthe psychology of scientific discovery. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780262611763 |
| ISBN | 0262611767 (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780262611763 |
| Stock number | 0262611767 00015994 |
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