1st Edition

Cognitive Development from a Strategy Perspective A Festschrift for Robert Siegler

Edited By Patrick Lemaire Copyright 2018
262 Pages
by Routledge

262 Pages
by Routledge

262 Pages
by Routledge

Cognitive Development from a Strategy Perspective recognises the outstanding scientific legacy of Robert S. Siegler as a pioneer of modern research on cognitive development throughout the lifespan. This volume presents a collection of essays written by leading scholars in the field, using cutting-edge research to illustrate how Siegler’s work and ideas lay the groundwork for much of the modern... Read more

Preface,  Chapter 1: A European Perspective on Robert Siegler’s Contribution,   Section 1: Strategic Aspects of Cognitive Development,  Chapter 2: Strategy choices in Siegler’s Research: How did Bob decide what to do?  Chapter 3: Lifespan cognitive development: The role of strategies,  Chapter 4: Multiple Partners, Multiple Strategies, Multiple Causes: Understanding Why Men and Women Provide Discrepant Sex Partner Reports,  Chapter 5: When Worlds Unite: Role of Social Interactions in Children's Mathematical Development  Section 2: Conceptual Development: The Cases of Numerical Cognition and Relational Thinking,  Chapter 6: The microgenetic approach in the digitalised era,  Chapter 7: Associations of Magnitude Comparison and Number Line Estimation with Mathematical Competence: A Comparative Review,  Chapter 8: Difficulty in Understanding Rational Numbers and Potential Solutions,  Chapter 9: Development of Relational Thinking: An Information-Processing Perspective,  Section 3: Improving Education,  Chapter 10: Translating Knowledge of Children’s Thinking to Improve Education,  Chapter 11: The effects of retrieval practice on fraction arithmetic knowledge,  Chapter 12: Studying the understanding of arithmetic with rational numbers.  Chapter 13: Correlational data analysis in cognitive development: The primacy of risky tests,  Chapter 14: The Master of Clarity and Precision,  Chapter 15: Concluding Words: The Best Job in the World,  PostFace: Through the eyes of children: A microgenetic perspective on Robert Siegler

Biography

Patrick Lemaire is a Professor of Psychology at Aix-Marseille University. He is also a member of the prestigious Institut Universitaire de France and has over 140 publications in cognitive and developmental psychology.