Description
Competence in scientific reasoning is one of the most valued outcomes of secondary and higher education. However, there is a need for a deeper understanding of and further research into the roles of domain-general and domain-specific knowledge in such reasoning. This book explores the functions and limitations of domain-general conceptions of reasoning and argumentation, the substantial differences that exist between the disciplines, and the role of domain-specific knowledge and epistemologies. Featuring chapters and commentaries by widely cited experts in the learning sciences, educational psychology, science education, history education, and cognitive science, Scientific Reasoning and Argumentation presents new perspectives on a decades-long debate about the role of domain-specific knowledge and its contribution to the development of more general reasoning abilities.
Table of Contents
1 The Roles of Domain-Specific and Domain-General Knowledge in Scientific Reasoning and Argumentation: An Introduction
Katharina Engelmann et al.
Part 1 Exploring the Limits of Domain-Generality
2 In the Eye of the Beholder: Domain-General and Domain-Specific Reasoning in Science
Leona Schauble
3 Domain-Specific Aspects of Scientific Reasoning and Argumentation: Insights from Automatic Coding
Johannes Daxenberger et al.
4 Construing Scientific Evidence: The Role of Disciplinary Knowledge in Reasoning with and about Evidence in Scientific Practice
Ala Samarapungavan
5 What is the Value of General Knowledge of Scientific Reasoning?
Clark A. Chinn and Ravit Golan Duncan
6 Discussion of Papers and Reflections on "Exploring the Limits of Domain-Generality"
Richard J. Shavelson
Part 2 Exploring Disciplinary Frameworks
7 Domain-Specificity in the Practices of Explanation, Modeling, and Argument in the Sciences
Susan R. Goldman et al.
8 Historical Reasoning: The Interplay of Domain-Specific and Domain-General Aspects
Carla van Boxtel and Jannet van Drie
9 Styles of Scientific Reasoning: What Can We Learn from Looking at the Product, Not the Process, of Scientific Reasoning?
Jonathan Osborne
10 Commentary on Exploring Disciplinary Frameworks
Robin Stark
11 Scientific Reasoning and Argumentation: Is There an Over-Emphasis on Discipline Specificity?
Alexander Renkl
Part 3 Exploring the Role of Domain-General Knowledge
12 Beyond Intelligence and Domain Knowledge: Scientific Reasoning and Argumentation as a Set of Cross-Domain Skills
Andreas Hetmanek et al.
13 The Development of Scientific Thinking in Preschool and Elementary School Age: A Conceptual Model
Beate Sodian
14 Specificity Reloaded: How Multiple Layers of Specificity Influence Reasoning in Science Argument Evaluation
Dorothe Kienhues, Eva Thomm, and Rainer Bromme
15 Scientific Reasoning as Domain-Specific or General Knowledge: A Discussion
André Tricot
