Describing and Supporting Collaborative Scientific Thinking in Parent-Child Interactions

project between two developmental psychologists and the staff of Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose. Under the broad agenda of studying the development of scientific literacy, we have been exploring the hypothesis that the guidance of parents is an important bridge between the intentions of the exhibit designer and the experience and knowledge of the child. Our research is guided by a framework inspired by a combination of sociocultural and infor-

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