Books by Deanna Kuhn

Bringing insights from research in developmental psychology to pedagogy, Kuhn argues that inquiry and argument should be at the center of a "thinking curriculum"--a curriculum that makes sense to students as well as to teachers and develops the skills and values needed for lifelong learning.

Here is a comprehensive empirical study of informal reasoning as argument, involving subjects across the life span. The subjects were asked to describe their views on social problems, support their theories with evidence, and give alternative theories. The book provides a theoretical framework for conceptualizing and studying thinking as argument.