Based on extensive reasoning acquisition research, this volume provides theoretical and empirical considerations of the reasoning that occurs during the course of everyday personal and professional activities. Of particular interest is the text's focus on the question of how such reasoning takes place during school activities and how students acquire reasoning skills.

First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

"The summary chapters of each section are excellent....there are a number of interesting and well-written chapters..."—Merrill-Palmer Quarterly