Strategies of Knowledge Acquisition (Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development) - Softcover

Kuhn, Deanna; Garcia-Mila, Merce; Zohar, Anat; Anderson, Christopher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226458091 ISBN 13: 9780226458090

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1995

Synopsis

What happens when a child's or adult's existing theories come into contact with new evidence? The authors examine these fundamental processes of knowledge acquisition, using a microgenetic method in which the coordination of theory and evidence is followed in sessions over several months. Working on problems in physical and social domains, both children and adults show progress in the level of strategies used—progress that was maintained when new problems were introduced. The authors identify multiple forms of competence—strategic, metastrategic, and metacognitive—involved in the process of developmental change, and they relate their work to issues in the study of conceptual change, causal and scientific reasoning, and the development of thinking skills.

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From the Back Cover

In this Monograph, knowledge acquisition is examined as a process involving the coordination of existing theories with new evidence. Central to the present work is the claim that strategies of knowledge acquisition may vary significantly across (as well as within) individuals and can be conceptualized within a developmental framework.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0226458091
• ISBN 13: 9780226458090
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 166