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Learning Causality in a Complex World: Understandings of Consequence
Tina A. Grotzer
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Description for Learning Causality in a Complex World: Understandings of Consequence
hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JNA; JNKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
What do children’s interactions on the playground have to do with foreign policy? How does science understanding in middle school relate to environmental disasters in third world countries? The causal patterns that we detect and how we act upon them pervade every aspect of our lives. These skills will only become more important in the future as our world becomes more global and more interconnected. Yet we aren’t very skilled at thinking about causality. Research shows that instead we rely on limiting default assumptions that can lead to poor choices in a complex world. What can we do about it? ... Read more
What do children’s interactions on the playground have to do with foreign policy? How does science understanding in middle school relate to environmental disasters in third world countries? The causal patterns that we detect and how we act upon them pervade every aspect of our lives. These skills will only become more important in the future as our world becomes more global and more interconnected. Yet we aren’t very skilled at thinking about causality. Research shows that instead we rely on limiting default assumptions that can lead to poor choices in a complex world. What can we do about it? ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
R&L Education United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Lanham, United States
ISBN
9781610488631
SKU
V9781610488631
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99-15
About Tina A. Grotzer
Tina Grotzer is associate professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a senior researcher at Project Zero. Dr. Grotzer studies how people reason about causal complexity and its implications for K-12 education and the public understanding of science. For this work, she received a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, one of the highest ... Read more
Reviews for Learning Causality in a Complex World: Understandings of Consequence
The ability to understand complex causal relations in the world is becoming ever more important for students, workers, and leaders. For many years, Tina Grotzer, one of the nation’s leading researchers on the development of scientific thinking, has focused her work on this cognitive capacity; she has done more than anyone to elucidate how such complex forms of thinking can ... Read more