Thinking Like A Scientist About Real-World Problems: The Cornell Institute for Research on Children Science Education Program

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 107-126

  Williams, Wendy M ^a   Papierno, Paul B ^a   Makel, Matthew C ^a   Ceci, Stephen J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Disadvantaged students; Education; Female students; Minority students; Scientific reasoning

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CAREER; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COLLEGE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RACE DIFFERENCE; READING; SCIENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKILL; SOCIAL STATUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY; THINKING; TRAINING;

EID: 0742271321     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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