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Emerging minds : the process of change in children's thinking / Robert S. Siegler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Siegler, Robert S.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cognition in children.
- Cognitive styles in children.
- Human information processing in children.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The author's theory on how children change from infant to adolescent in their ability to think is based on evidence and is presented in a clear way that focuses on change whilst reviewing the strengths and weaknesses of other competing theories.
- Contents:
- Contents; 1. Whose Children Are We Talking About?; 2. Evolution and Cognitive Development; 3. Cognitive Variability: The Ubiquity of Multiplicity; 4. Strategic Development: Trudging up the Staircase or Swimming with the Tide?; 5. The Adaptivity of Multiplicity; 6. Formal Models of Strategy Choice; 7. How Children Generate New Ways of Thinking; 8. A New Agenda for Cognitive Development; References; Author Index; Subject Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1996.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-264) and indexes.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-756137-3
- 1-280-47187-5
- 0-19-802400-2
- 0-19-535208-4
- 1-4237-2920-X
- OCLC:
- 815979790
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