1st Edition
Cognitive Development The Child's Acquisition of Diagonality
By David R. Olson
Copyright 1996
244 Pages
by
Psychology Press
240 Pages
by
Psychology Press
Also available as eBook on:
When this book was first published, David Olson was examining the developing representation and use of diagonals in the context of much larger questions, questions also explored by Vygotsky, Cassirer, Gombrich, and Bruner. These include such issues as conceptual development, conceptual change, and stage-like transitions in one's knowledge and belief. Some of these problems remain at virtually the... Read more
Contents: Foreword. Preface. Introduction. Conceptualizing Conceptualizing: The Diagonal as an Interesting Problem. The Nature of the Difficulty. The Effects of Instruction. The Change in the Mind of the Child. Instruction Revisited: Perceptual, Motor, and Linguistic Factors in Cognitive Development. Personal and Cultural Experiences in Conceptual Development: The Acquisition of the Diagonal in East Africa. Looking, Seeing, and Knowing -- Eye Movement Studies. The Effects of an Educational Toy on Intellectual Development. Conclusions: Some Aspects of a Theory of Cognitive Development.
Biography
Olson, David R.
