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91. The Nature and Ontogenesis of Meaning

    Edited by Willis F. Overton, David S. Palermo

    Series: Jean Piaget Symposia Series

    Throughout its evolution, Piaget's theory has placed meaning at the center of all attempts to understand the nature and development of knowing. For Piaget, all knowing - whether sensorimotor, representational, or reasoned, and whether directed toward successful problem solutions or toward general...

    Published May 31st 1994 by Psychology Press
92. Children's Early Understanding of Mind

    Origins and Development

    By Charlie Lewis, Peter Mitchell

    A major feature of human intelligence is that it allows us to contemplate mental life. Such an understanding is vital in enabling us to function effectively in social groups. This book examines the origins of this aspect of human intelligence. The five sections attempt firstly, to place human...

    Published May 24th 1994 by Psychology Press
93. Analogical Reasoning in Children

    By Usha Goswami

    Series: Essays in Developmental Psychology

    Analogical reasoning is a fundamental cognitive skill, involved in classification, learning, problem-solving and creative thinking, and should be a basic building block of cognitive development. However, for a long time researchers have believed that children are incapable of reasoning by analogy....

    Published August 23rd 1993 by Psychology Press
94. Social Interaction and the Development of Language and Cognition

    By Alison F. Garton

    Series: Essays in Developmental Psychology

    For students of developmental psychology, this book should be a useful reference guide to the main concepts concerned with "motherese", scaffolding, socio-cognitive learning and joint problem solving. It is also a contribution to the debate on the influence of social behaviour on development....

    Published January 21st 1992 by Psychology Press
95. The Epigenesis of Mind

    Essays on Biology and Cognition

    Edited by Susan Carey, Rochel Gelman

    Series: Jean Piaget Symposia Series

    Reflecting the focus of a Jean Piaget Symposium entitled Biology and Knowledge: Structural Constraints on Development, this volume presents many of the emergent themes discussed. Among these themes are: Structural constraints on cognitive development and learning come in many shapes and forms...

    Published March 31st 1991 by Psychology Press
96. Children's Strategies

    Contemporary Views of Cognitive Development

    Edited by David F. Bjorklund

    One of the issues central to both classic and contemporary theories of cognitive development is children's goal-directed behavior, which is typically investigated in terms of strategies. This book brings together in one volume the latest research and theory regarding the development of children's...

    Published May 31st 1990 by Psychology Press
97. Reasoning, Necessity, and Logic

    Developmental Perspectives

    Edited by Willis F. Overton

    Series: Jean Piaget Symposia Series

    A presentation of current work that systematically explores and articulates the nature, origin and development of reasoning, this volume's primary aim is to describe and examine contemporary theory and research findings on the topic of deductive reasoning. Many contributors believe concepts such as...

    Published March 31st 1990 by Psychology Press
98. Development and Learning

    Conflict Or Congruence?

    Edited by Lynn S. Liben

    Series: Jean Piaget Symposia Series

    This volume juxtaposes two different domains of developmental theory: the Piagetian approach and the information-processing approach. Articles by experts in both fields discuss how concepts of development and learning, traditionally approached through cognitive-developmental theories such as...

    Published June 30th 1987 by Psychology Press
99. Conceptual and Procedural Knowledge

    The Case of Mathematics

    Edited by James Hiebert

    Published September 30th 1986 by Routledge
100. Perspectives on Intellectual Development

     The Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology, Volume 19

     Edited by Marion Perlmutter

     Series: Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology Series

     Published July 31st 1986 by Psychology Press