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I am doing research as part of the Center for Inquiry in Science Teaching &
Learning based at Wash U in St Louis.

My husband went to a Royal Society lecture in London a few years ago where
Donald Broadbent  - a leader in Cognitive Psychology - discussed a very
interesting model of inquiry.

He discussed his own work in teaching inquiry to children and presented a
model in which children first formed a naive theory and were then surprised
by an effect which required them to update that theory.  Does anyone know
where I can find references or descriptions of this work?

Thanks

Tammy



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Tammy Astor-Jack, PhD
Post-doctoral Fellow
Center for Inquiry in Science Teaching & Learning
Washington University in St Louis
Department of Education
Campus Box 1183, 1 Brookings Drive
Saint Louis, MO 63130-4899
Tel: (314) 935-9363
Dept Fax: (314) 935-4982
http://www.education.wustl.edu/astor-jack.htm
http://cistl.wustl.edu
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