Children solving problems / Stephanie Thornton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thornton, Stephanie, 1952-

Series:

Developing child.

The developing child

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Problem solving in children.

Child psychology.

Physical Description:

143 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Thornton surveys research from a broad range of perspectives in order to explore why successful problem-solving depends less on how smart we are--or, as the pioneering psychologist Jean Piaget claimed, how advanced is our skill in logical reasoning--and more on the factual knowledge we acquire as we learn and interpret cues from the world around us.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

1/Why Children’s Problem- Solving Is Interesting

2/A Historical Perspective on Children’s Problem-Solving: Inference and the Development of Logic

3/Conceptual Tools for Solving Problems: Inherent Skills and Information

4/Working through a Problem and Discovering New Strategies

5/The Social Context of Children’s Problem-Solving

6/Conclusions

Notes

Suggested Reading

Credits

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-137) and index.

ISBN:

9780674044340

0674044347

OCLC:

923117235