The role of cognitive and socio-cognitive conflict in learning to reason

Mind and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-19

  Sacco, Katiuscia ^a   Bucciarelli, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Falsification; Learning; Mental model theory; Reasoning; Socio cognitive conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 43949099278     PISSN: 15937879     EISSN: 18601839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11299-007-0029-3     Document Type: Article

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