The development of scientific reasoning in elementary school age: Understanding theories, designing experiments, interpreting data;Die Entwicklung des wissenschaftlichen Denkens im Grundschulalter: Theorieverständnis, Experimentierstrategien, Dateninterpretation

Zeitschrift fur Entwicklungspsychologie und Padagogische Psychologie

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-21

  Koerber, Susanne ^a   Sodian, Beate ^b   Kropf, Nicola ^b   Mayer, Daniela ^b   Schwippert, Knut ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Elementary school age; Scientific reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251471448     PISSN: 00498637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026/0049-8637/a000027     Document Type: Article

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