Children's metajudgments in theory choice tasks: An investigation of scientific rationality in childhood

"The aim of this research was to explore the knowledge acquisition process in natural science domains. Recently, there has been much debate on the utility of the ""child-as-scientist"" metaphor as a way of characterizing children's knowledge acquisition. Proponents of the child-as-scientist approach ascribe apparent differences in child and adult thinking in science domains to differences in knowledge rather than to differences in underlying reasoning processes. However, critics of this view claim that children differ from scientists in that they lack certain metacognitive competencies that characterize mature scientific reasoning."

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Samarapungavan, Ala

Contributors dc:contributor

• Brewer, William F.

• Education, Educational Psychology
• Psychology, Developmental

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1990 Samarapungavan, Ala

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9026313
(UMI)AAI9026313

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/21924