Young Schoolchildren’s Epistemic Development: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study

How children seek knowledge and evaluate claims may depend on their understanding of the source of knowledge. What shifts in their understandings about why scientists might disagree and how claims about the state of the world are justified? Until about the age of 41/2, knowledge is seen as self-evid...

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Main Authors: Michael Weinstock, Vardit Israel, Hadas Fisher Cohen, Iris Tabak, Yifat Harari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01475/full