Exploring science: the cognition and development of discovery processes

"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 pro...

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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] MIT Press 2000
Series:A Bradford book
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Online Access:Volltext
Summary:"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."--BOOK JACKET.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XVI, 239 S.)
ISBN:9780262277228