Constructing Science Connecting Causal Reasoning to Scientific Thinking in Young Children

• Main Author: Weisberg, Deena Skolnick (auth)
• Other Authors: Sobel, David M. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge The MIT Press 2022
• Series: The MIT Press
• Subjects: Age groups: children; Child & developmental psychology; Causal reasoning; scientific thinking; rational constructivism; causal graphical models; cognitive development; science education; science; informal learning
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

An examination of children's causal reasoning capacities and how those capacities serve as the foundation of their scientific thinking. Young children have remarkable capacities for causal reasoning, which are part of the foundation of their scientific thinking abilities. In Constructing Scienc...