The Acquisition of Concrete Operations
Author: Alice M. Scandura
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Published: 1980
Total Pages: 354
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Author: Alice M. Scandura
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Published: 1980
Total Pages: 354
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Andrew Lehmann Miser
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Published: 1974
Total Pages: 228
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Michael Clendon Pelfrey
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Published: 1972
Total Pages: 312
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Don Rogers
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-03-13
Total Pages: 607
ISBN-13: 1461337240
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a selection of papers from a conference which took place at the University of Keele in July 1982. The conference was an extraordinarily enjoyable one, and we would like to take this opportunity of thanking all participants for helping to make it so. The conference was intended to allow scholars working on different aspects of symbolic behaviour to compare findings, to look for common ground, and to identify differences between the various areas. We hope that it was successful in these aims: the assiduous reader may judge for himself. Several themes emerged during the course of the conference. Some of these were: 1. There is a distinction to be made between those symbol systems which attempt, more or less directly, to represent a state of affairs in the world (e. g. language, drawing, map and navigational skill) and those in which the representational function is complemented, if not overshadowed, by properties of the symbol system itself, and the systematic inter-relations that symbols can have to one another (e. g. music, mathematics). The distinction is not absolute, for the nature of all symbolic skills is, in part, a function of the structure of the symbolic system employed. Nonetheless, this distinction helps us to understand some common acquisition difficulties, such as that experienced in mathematics, where mental manipulation of symbols can go awry if a child assumes too close a correspondence between mathematical symbols and the world they represent. 2.
Author: George Butterworth
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2014-01-02
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 1317758773
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDevelopmental psychology is concerned with the scientific understanding of age-related changes in experience and behaviour, not only in children but throughout the lifespan. The task is to discover, describe, and explain how development occurs, from its earliest origins, into childhood, adulthood, and old age. To understand human development requires one not only to make contact with human nature but also to consider the diverse effects of culture on the developing child. Development is as much a process of acquiring culture as it is of biological growth. This book reviews the history of developmental psychology with respect to both its nature and the effects of transmission of culture. The major theorists of the late 19th and early 20th century, Piaget, Vygotsky and Bowlby are introduced to provide a background to contemporary research and the modern synthesis of nature and nurture. This brief textbook is suitable as an introduction to developmental psychology, both at A level and for beginning undergraduate students. It aims to be of interest to psychologists, educationalists, social workers and others with an interest in a contemporary understanding of factors involved in human development.
Author: Peter A A Sutherland
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 1992-05-28
Total Pages: 219
ISBN-13: 1473914000
DOWNLOAD EBOOK`At the end of the day, what is crucial is to enable educationalists to promote and apply their own metatheories and models of child development which they feel comfortable with and which enable children to develop. ... Peter Sutherland should be credited with making a significant contribution towards achieving this fundamental goal' - Educational Psychology in Practice ` ... this book deserves to become a classic in the field. Will appeal alike to academics and students in higher education, and to serving teachers- BPS: Educational Review Section This book provides a general outline of the dominant schools of thought on cognitive development, with a focus on Piaget. His views are outlined and a range of critical responses and alternatives are detailed. The author examines the application of these schools of thought to teaching pre-school, primary and secondary children. Each chapter includes a summary and questions for discussion. The book concludes with a glossary of terms.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 1442
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Stefanie Röhrig
Publisher: Universitätsverlag Göttingen
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13: 3941875493
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 1210
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 876
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