One way children are remarkable learners is that they learn from others. Critically, children
are selective when assessing from whom to learn, particularly in the domain of word …

Certain science‐related topics elicit persistent public controversy, such as routine childhood
vaccinations and anthropogenic climate change. Many people are misinformed about the …

In this age of information overload, people use a variety of strategies to make choices about
what to buy, how to spend their leisure time, and even whom to date. Recommender …

Recent research shows that even preschoolers are skeptical; they frequently reject claims
from other people when the claims conflict with their own perceptions and concepts. Yet …

Psychological and educational researchers have developed a flourishing research program
on epistemological dimensions of cognition (epistemic cognition). Contemporary …

Over the past two decades, there has been an upsurge in theoretical frameworks alluding to
the existence of two different processing systems that supposedly operate according to …

In this paper, we argue that there is an emergent confusion in the literature in the use of the
terms “argument''and “explanation.” Drawing on a range of publications, we point to …

Constructing scientific explanations and participating in argumentative discourse are seen
as essential practices of scientific inquiry (eg, R. Driver, P. Newton, & J. Osborne, 2000). In …

This article offers a plausible domain-general explanation for why some concepts of
processes are resistant to instructional remediation although other, apparently similar …

Young children develop causal knowledge through everyday family conversations and
activities. Children's museums are an informative setting for studying the social context of …