Do students need to be taught how to reason?

Educational Research Review

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Kuhn, Deanna ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal reasoning; Cognitive development; Educational objectives; Higher order reasoning; Scientific reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 60249092010     PISSN: 1747938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.edurev.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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