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Peer reviewedKlahr, David; And Others – Cognitive Psychology, 1993
Studied developmental differences in the search constraint heuristics used in scientific reasoning using 12 undergraduates, 20 community college students, 17 fifth to seventh graders (grade 6), and 15 third graders taught to use a programmable robot. Adults use domain-general skills that go beyond the logic of confirmation and disconfirmation.…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Child Development, College Students
