How do people make inferences? How do their reasoning processes differ and why? Methods of Thought attempts to answer these questions by looking in detail at the different reasoning strategies people apply, how these are acquired, how they are selected and how use of these strategies is influenced by individual and task properties. Focusing on empirical data and research into deductive reasoning tasks, this book summarizes current trends in the field and helps us to understand how individual differences in reasoning impact on other studies of higher cognitive abilities in humans. Contributors include researchers who have shown that people make deductions by using a variety of strategies, and others who have found that deductive reasoning problems provide a useful test-bed for investigating general theories of strategy development. Together, it is shown that these general theories derived from other domains have important implications for deductive reasoning, and also that findings by reasoning researchers have wider consequences for general theories of strategy development. This book will be of interest to anyone studying or working in the fields of reasoning, problem solving, and cognitive development, as well as cognitive science in general.

How do people make inferences? How do their reasoning processes differ and why? Methods of Thought attempts to answer these questions by looking in detail at the different reasoning strategies people apply, how these are acquired, how they are selected and how use of these strategies is influenced by individual and task properties. Focusing on empirical data and research into deductive reasoning tasks, this book summarizes current trends in the field and helps us to understand how individual differences in reasoning impact on other studies of higher cognitive abilities in humans. Contributors include researchers who have shown that people make deductions by using a variety of strategies, and others who have found that deductive reasoning problems provide a useful test-bed for investigating general theories of strategy development. Together, it is shown that these general theories derived from other domains have important implications for deductive reasoning, and also that findings by reasoning researchers have wider consequences for general theories of strategy development. This book will be of interest to anyone studying or working in the fields of reasoning, problem solving, and cognitive development, as well as cognitive science in general.

I'm sure you've been through a situation where you get your hopes built up by someone, only to have them let down by a heart-wrenching disappointment. Well, Evie thought that the Captain was going to take her to see an unusual but beautiful planet where she would see things she had never seen before and probably never will again. However, her hopes were dashed when the Train landed on Earth, in Adelaide - where she comes from. No fun for Evelyn Bamford (Earthling), but loads of fun for Paulo Vistar (Serothian) as he had never seen the planet Earth before. Paulo is in for a treat when their curiosity takes them to the Adelaide Zoo where there has been a recent catastrophe.

While Evie is forced to stay home with her parents to give them some much-overdue explanations, the Captain and Paulo are eager to solve the problem at the zoo. Little do they know that there is another catastrophe at a nearby school, and one determined teacher suspects that it is not of this world.

Can a seven-year-old girl hold the key to the mystery of the strange, aggressive-looking creature? What's it got to do with a roaming crocodile? And can the Captain come up with a permanent solution before the hostile visitors claim all the lives of the people of Earth?

The Captain and Paulo find themselves becoming quick-change artists and 'masters of disguise', while Evie is kidnapped from her own backyard and comes face-to-face with the bullies of her past.

Usually, things can't just disappear. You may think this has happened before when you've lost a pen, your keys, your homework, or maybe even your baby brother. But that is not actually what happens at all. Usually, you have simply put it down somewhere and, afterward, forgotten where. However, in this story, you will encounter an incident where a person does disappear, and in this story, that is not so unusual because the captain and the crew of his train, Evelyn Bamford (Earthling) and Paulo Vistar (Serothian), are on an unknown planet somewhere in deep space-where just about anything could happen. Fourteen-year-old Evie has disappeared, and it's up to her new travelling companions to discover what's happened. Along the way, the captain and Paulo encounter an angry lost mob, an angry hungry animal, and an angry greedy maniac, while Evie's problems seem to be-well, more relaxing, peaceful, restful, quiet and gloriously-sickeningly frustrating. How can Evie be stuck somewhere that doesn't seem to exist? Why doesn't anyone else around her notice that something is terribly wrong? And what is the awful secret that lies beneath the surface of the sanctuary? Next time you're thinking of taking a holiday, don't go there

Elizabeth Newton, being a Christian, and a fan of science fiction/fantasy, explores what space and time travel might be like, with all the monsters and aliens included, but also with the presence of an all-seeing, omnipresent, loving, compassionate God. She embeds real life problems and situations within her stories (particularly those faced by primary age children through to teenagers) and communicates Christian values and morals in order to address them. Her writing is lighthearted and whimsical, but at the same time, mysterious and suspenseful. There are some serious enemies to face, obstacles to get past and lessons to learn.

Elizabeth Newton, being a Christian and a fan of science fiction/fantasy, explores what space and time travel might be like, with all the monsters and aliens included, but also with the presence of an all-seeing, omnipresent, loving, compassionate God. She embeds real life problems and situations within her stories (particularly those faced by young teens through to young adults) and communicates Christian values and morals in order to address them. Her writing is light-hearted and whimsical, but at the same time, mysterious and suspensful. There are some serious enemies to face, obstacles to get past and lessons to learn.

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