Examining the influence of anecdotal stories and the interplay of individual differences on reasoning

Thinking and Reasoning

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 274-296

  Rodriguez, Fernando ^a   Rhodes, Rebecca E ^a   Miller, Kevin F ^a   Shah, Priti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anecdotal stories; evidence evaluation skills; scientific communication; scientific reasoning; thinking dispositions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958541160     PISSN: 13546783     EISSN: 14640708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546783.2016.1139506     Document Type: Article

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