Philosophy of science, cognitive psychology, and educational theory and practice / Richard A. Duschl and Richard J. Hamilton, editors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : viewing the domain of science education / Richard A. Duschl and Richard J. Hamilton -- Psychology and epistemology : match or mismatch when applied to science education? / Richard A. Duschl, Richard J. Hamilton and Richard E. Grandy -- Constructing and instructing : the role of "abstraction techniques" in creating and learning physics / Nancy Nersessian -- Newton, Descartes, and explanatory coherence / Greg Nowak and Paul Thagard -- Piaget's genetic epistemology : epistemological implications for science education / Richard Kitchener -- A revisionist theory of conceptual change / Kenneth A. Strike and George J. Posner -- Contexts of meaning and conceptual integration : how children understand and learn / Jeffrey W. Bloom.

Practical reasoning in the production of scientific knowledge / Stephen P. Norris -- Knowledge and thought : mental models that support scientific reasoning / Richard E. Mayer -- Anchored instruction in science and mathematics : theoretical basis, developmental projects, and initial research findings / The Cognition and Technology Group at Vanderbilt University.

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