What is Scientific Thinking and How Does it Develop

By Deanna Kuhn. 2007

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Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education

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Reasoning About Multiple Variables: Control of Variables Is Not the Only Challenge (2007, methodology): “…2004; Sodian, Zaitchik, & Carey, 1991), and others later lack of competence (Klaczynski, 2004; Klahr, 2000; Klahr, Fay, & Dunbar, 1993; Koslowski, 1996; Kuhn, 1989, 2002; Kuhn, Amsel, & O’Loughlin, 1988; Kuhn, Garcia-Mila, Zohar, & Andersen, 1995; Kuhn, Katz, & Dean, 2004; Schauble, 1990, 1996).”
Beyond control of variables: What needs to develop to achieve skilled scientific thinking? (2008, background): “Three criteria must be met if one is to engage in the coordination of theory and evidence, the essence of scientific thinking (Kuhn, 2002): The theoretical claim must be recognized as falsifiable, evidence must be recognized as the means of falsification, and theoretical claim and evidence must be…”
Phases of inquiry-based learning: Definitions and the inquiry cycle (2015, background): “…Analysis (designing an investigation, and interpreting data), Inference (drawing conclusions), Argument (entering claims into scientific discourse) (Kuhn, 2001, 2002, 2005) Kuhn & Pease (2008) Phases Middle-school students Identification of a question or questions, Design of an investigation to…”
Hands on What? The Relative Effectiveness of Physical versus Virtual Materials in an Engineering Design Project by Middle School Children (2007, background): “that transcends any specific branch of science, such as knowledge about the relation between theory and evidence (Kuhn, 2002), or about the procedural and conceptual basis for the design and”
What Needs to Develop in the Development of Inquiry Skills? (2008, methodology): “Authentic inquiry is motivated (Kuhn, 2002), in the sense that the process is driven by an explicit intention to find out.”
The Development of Scientific Thinking Skills in Elementary and Middle School. (2007, background): “…domains such as electric circuits (Schauble et al., 1992), genetics (Echevarria, 2003), earthquake or Xooding risk (e.g., Keselman, 2003) as well as social science problems such as factors that aVect TV enjoyment (e.g., Kuhn et al., 1995) or CD catalog sales (e.g., Dean & Kuhn, 2007; Kuhn, 2005b).”
Contribution of Meta‐strategic Knowledge to Scientific Inquiry Learning (2009, positive): “Previous studies demonstrated childrens’ difficulty in analysis and interpretation of investigation data (Chinn & Brewer, 1993 ; Gott & Duggan, 1995 ; Keys & Bryan, 2000 ; Koslowski, 1996 ; Kuhn, 2002 ; Kuhn et al, 1988 , 1995 ; Millar, Gott, Lubben, & Duggan, 1996 ).”