Scientific thinking in young children: Theoretical advances, empirical research, and policy implications

Science

Volumn 337, Issue 6102, 2012, Pages 1623-1627

  Gopnik, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEARNING; POLICY MAKING; PROBABILITY; YOUNG POPULATION;

BAYESIAN LEARNING; CHILD; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EXPERIMENTATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SCIENTIFIC THINKING; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL STUDY; THINKING;

EID: 84866760867     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1223416     Document Type: Review

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