Informal Reasoning and Education

by Voss, James F.; Perkins, David N.; Segal, Judith W.

• ISBN13: 9780805802092
• ISBN10: 0805802096
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-04-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Based on extensive reasoning acquisition research, this volume provides theoretical and empirical considerations of the reasoning that occurs during the course of everyday personal and professional activities. Of particular interest is the text's focus on the question of how such reasoning takes place during school activities and how students acquire reasoning skills.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
References	p. xvi
Contexts for Informal Reasoning	p. 1
References	p. 14
Informal Reasoning in the Medical Profession	p. 17
References	p. 32
Informal Reasoning and International Relations	p. 37
References	p. 56
Informal Reasoning in the Judicial System	p. 59
References	p. 80
Everyday Reasoning and the Roots of Intelligence	p. 83
References	p. 104
Informal Reasoning in Inner- City Children	p. 107
References	p. 129
Contexts of Informal Reasoning: Commentary	p. 131
References	p. 150
Modes and Models of Informal Reasoning	p. 151
References	p. 168
Beliefs About Thinking	p. 169
References	p. 185
Example-Based Reasoning	p. 187
References	p. 208
References	p. 222
Rhetoric and Informal Reasoning: Disentangling Some Confounded Effects in Good Reasoning and Good Writing	p. 225
References	p. 246
Intuitive Belief Systems and Informal Reasoning in Cognitive Development	p. 247
References	p. 262
I Win--You Lose: the Development of Argumentative Thinking	p. 265
References	p. 289
Modes and Models of Informal Reasoning: a Commentary	p. 291
References	p. 308
References	p. 342
Nonformal Reasoning in Experts and in Science Students: The Use of Analogies, Extreme Cases, and Physical Intuition	p. 345
References	p. 361
Informal Reasoning in High School History	p. 363
References	p. 378
Higher Order Thinking in the Teaching of Social Studies: Connections Between Theory and Practice	p. 381
References	p. 398
Informal Reasoning and Writing Instruction	p. 401
References	p. 413
Structured Teaching for Critical Thinking and Reasoning in Standard Subject Area Instruction	p. 415
References	p. 441
	p. 443
	p. 447
	p. 449
Informal Reasoning Assessment: Using Verbal Reports of Thinking to Improve Multiple-Choice Test Validity	p. 451
References	p. 471
Informal Reasoning and Instruction: A Commentary	p. 473
References	p. 483
Author Index	p. 485
Subject Index	p. 495
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