1st Edition
Children's Strategies Contemporary Views of Cognitive Development
Edited By David F. Bjorklund
Copyright 1990
356 Pages
by
Psychology Press
356 Pages
by
Psychology Press
348 Pages
by
Psychology Press
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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 strategies for a variety of cognitive tasks. Opening with a history of strategy development... Read more
Contents: K.K. Harnishfeqer, D.F. Bjorklund, Children's Strategies: A Brief History. P. Willatts, Development of Problem-Solving Strategies in Infancy. T.H. Folds, M. Footo, R.E. Guttentag, P.A. Ornstein, When Children Mean to Remember: Issues of Context Specificity, Strategy Effectiveness, and Intentionality in the Development of Memory. D.F. Bjorklund, J.E. Muir, W. Schneider, The Role of Knowledge in the Development of Children's Strategies. M.L. Howe, J.T. O'Sullivan, The Development of Strategic Memory: Coordinating Knowledge, Metamemory, and Resources. P.H. Miller, The Development of Strategies of Selective Atten- tion. M.H. Ashcraft, Strategic Processing in Children's Mental Arithmetic. J. Bisanz, J. LeFevre, Strategic and Nonstrategic Processing in the Development of Mathematical Cognition. B. Gholson, D. Morgan, A.R. Danel, The Development of Analogical Problem Solving: Strategic Processes in Schema Acquisition and Transfer R. Garner, Children's Use of Strategies in Reading D.F. Bjorklund, K.K. Harnishfeger, Children's Strategies: Their Definition and Origins.
Biography
David F. Bjorklund
"...represents an intensive review of the strategy development literature. Both the volume and quality of the empirical data covered in its 11 chapters attest to the tenacity with which researchers have pursued questions of strategic development."
—American Journal of Psychology"...technical quality is very good. A valuable source for faculty and graduate school students in cognitive developmental psychology."
—CHOICE
