1st Edition
Basic and Applied Perspectives on Learning, Cognition, and Development The Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology, Volume 28
Edited By Charles A. Nelson
Copyright 1996
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Psychology Press
256 Pages
by
Psychology Press
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Although current views of cognitive development owe a great deal to Jean Piaget, this field has undergone profound change in the years since Piaget's death. This can be witnessed both in the influence connectionist and dynamical system models have exerted on theories of cognition and language, and in how basic work in cognitive development has begun to influence those who work in applied (e.g.,... Read more
Contents: Preface. L.B. Smith, Self-Organizing Processes in Learning to Learn Words: Development Is Not Induction. B. MacWhinney, F. Chang, Connectionism and Language Learning. K. Freeman, G. Deák, Systems Learning Symbol Systems: Commentary on MacWhinney and Smith. L.B. Resnick, Inventing Arithmetic: Making Children's Intuition Work in School. J.W. Stigler, C. Fernandez, Learning Mathematics From Classroom Instruction: Cross-Cultural and Experimental Perspectives. H.W. Stevenson, Mathematics Achievement of American Students: First in the World by the Year 2000? K.E. Kremer, E.K. Adam, S.R. Jimerson, Research and Reform for U.S. Mathematics Education: What Counts? A Commentary on Stevenson, Stigler and Fernandez, and Resnick. W.R. Charlesworth, An Evolutionary Approach to Cognition and Learning. J.E. Turnure, The Evolution of Mind and Culture: A Commentary on Charlesworth.
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Edited by Nelson, Charles A.
