Cognitive Reflection Predicts Science Understanding

Proceedings of the 36th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, CogSci 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 2937-2942

  Shtulman, Andrew ^a   McCallum, Kate ^b  

^a OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conceptual change; CRT; science education

Indexed keywords

TECTONICS;

CLASSICAL MECHANICS; CLASSICAL PLATES; CO-VARIATIONS; COLLEGE UNDERGRADUATES; CONCEPTUAL CHANGE; INDIVIDUAL CONCEPTS; NATURAL SELECTION; NATURE OF SCIENCE; SCIENCE EDUCATION; SCIENTIFIC THEORIES;

THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 85065455435     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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