Professional Background
Professor of Psychology and Education
Educational Background
B.S., University of Illinois; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Scholarly Interests
Cognitive development across the life span and implications for educational theory and practice.
Selected Publications
Kuhn, D. (in press). The importance of learning about knowing: Creating a foundation for
development of intellectual values. Perspectives on Child Development.
Kuhn, D., & Pease, M. (in press). What needs to develop in the development of inquiry
skills? Cognition and Instruction.
Kuhn, D., Goh, W., Iordanou, K., & Shaenfield, D. (in press). Arguing on the computer: A
microgenetic study of developing argument skills in a computer-supported environment.
Child Development.
Kuhn, D. (2007). How to produce a high-achieving child. Phi Delta Kappan. 88, 757-763.
Kuhn, D. (2007). Jumping to conclusions: Can people be counted on to make sound
judgments? Scientific American Mind, 18 (1, Feb/Mar), 44-51.
Kuhn, D. (2005). Education for thinking. Harvard University Press.
Kuhn, D. (2003). Understanding and valuing knowing as developmental goals. Liberal Education, 89(3) 16-21.
Capon, N., & Kuhn, D. (2004). What's so good about problem-based learning? Cognition and Instruction, 22, 61-79.
Kuhn, D. (2001). How do people know? Psychological Science, 12, 1-8.
Kuhn, D. (1999). A developmental model of critical thinking. Educational Researcher, 28, 16-25.
Kuhn, D. (1991).The skills of argument. Cambridge University Press.
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Deanna Kuhn
Professor of Psychology and Education
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Web site: www.educationforthinking.org
Office Hours: Wed 1-2, 5-6
Office Location: 554 Grace Dodge Hall