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Deanna Kuhn

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Deanna Zipse Kuhn, born in 1944, is an American psychologist and Professor of Psychology and Education at Columbia University. She is known for contributions to the psychology of science, the scientific study of scientific thought and behavior. Her research program has focused on the development of scientific reasoning skills, critical thinking, metacognition, informal reasoning, and constructivist teaching methods such as problem-based learning and collaborative learning. She wrote The Skills of Argument and Education for Thinking, and she is a member of the National Academy of Education.

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  • In Group: Developmental Psychologists of Learning, Article text: in-group
    Deanna Kuhn is a Developmental Psychologist interested in the development of scientific reasoning, argumentation, and critical thinking skills.
  • In Approach: Constructivism, intro of the article
    Her research program has focused on the development of scientific reasoning skills, critical thinking, metacognition, informal reasoning, and constructivist teaching methods, such as problem-based learning and collaborative learning.
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Developmental theories of epistemic cognition in this model have been developed by Deanna Kuhn and others, with a focus on the sequential phases of development characterising changes in views of knowledge and knowing.
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