Scientific and technological thinking

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Group Author: Gorman Michael E 1952-
Published: L. Erlbaum,
Publisher Address: Mahwah, N.J.
Publication Dates: 2005.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: ix, 368 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0805845291 (alk. paper)
Index Number: G305
CLC: G305
Call Number: G305/S416
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
1. Editors' introduction / Michael E. Gorman, Ryan D. Tweney, David C. Gooding, and Alexandra P. Kincannon -- 2. Interpreting scientific and engineering practices: integrating the cognitive, social, and cultural dimensions / Nancy J. Nersessian -- 3. Causal thinking in science: how scientists and students interpret the unexpected / Kevin N. Dunbar and Jonathan A. Fugelsang -- 4. A framework for cognitive studies of science and technology / David Klahr -- 5. Puzzles and peculiarities: how scientists attend to and process anomalies during data analysis / Susan Bell Trickett, Christian D. Schun