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1. Children's Cosmologies

   By Stella Vosniadou

   Series: Essays in Developmental Psychology

   This book analyses the development of children’s cosmological knowledge in the context of general theories of cognitive development. Examining children’s understanding of the earth, based on naïve mental models or counter-intuitive scientific facts, offers a unique insight into the development of...

   To Be Published March 31st 2014 by Psychology Press
2. International Handbook of Research on Conceptual Change

   2nd Edition

   Edited by Stella Vosniadou

   Series: Educational Psychology Handbook

   Conceptual change research investigates the processes through which learners substantially revise prior knowledge and acquire new concepts. Tracing its heritage to paradigms and paradigm shifts made famous by Thomas Kuhn, conceptual change research focuses on understanding and explaining learning...

   To Be Published June 19th 2013 by Routledge
3. International Handbook of Research on Conceptual Change

   Edited by Stella Vosniadou

   Series: Educational Psychology Handbook

   The study of conceptual change traces its heritage to the notions of paradigm (networks of shared beliefs, concepts, practices) and paradigm shift made famous by Thomas Kuhn in his book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. Kuhn’s work was quickly linked to developmental psychology (how...

   Published June 15th 2008 by Routledge
4. Proceedings of the European Cognitive Science Conference 2007

   Edited by Stella Vosniadou, Daniel Kayser, Athanassios Protopapas

   This volume contains the invited lectures, invited symposia, symposia, papers and posters presented at the 2nd European Cognitive Science Conference held in Greece in May 2007. The papers presented in this volume range from empirical psychological studies and computational models to philosophical...

   Published May 9th 2007 by Taylor & Francis
5. International Perspectives on the Design of Technology-supported Learning Environments

   Edited by Stella Vosniadou, Erik De Corte, Robert Glaser, Heinz Mandl

   In recent years, the use of technology for the purposes of improving and enriching traditional instructional practices has received a great deal of attention. However, few works have explicitly examined cognitive, psychological, and educational principles on which technology-supported learning...

   Published January 31st 1996 by Routledge