<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>How is existing knowledge reconciled with new information in the mind of a young child, as compared to that of a more sophisticated thinker?<br><b>Development of Scientific Thinking Skills</b> explores a new framework for the conceptualization of changes in the strategies of inductive reasoning from middle childhood to adulthood.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>The Development of Scientific Thinking Skills</i>...is a comprehensive examination of the development of children's scientific thinking skills that is convincing in its breadth, creativity, and thoroughness. --<i><b>Harvard Educational Review</b></i><br>