278 Pages
by
Psychology Press
278 Pages
by
Psychology Press
278 Pages
by
Psychology Press
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This volume juxtaposes two different domains of developmental theory: the Piagetian approach and the information-processing approach.
Articles by experts in both fields discuss how concepts of development and learning, traditionally approached through cognitive-developmental theories such as Piaget's, are analyzed from the perspective of a task analytic, information-processing approach.
Chapter 1 Conflict and Congruence in Development and Learning, Sinclair Hermine; Chapter 2 Constructing Knowledge in School, Lauren B. Resnick; Chapter 3 Necessity: The Developmental Component in School Mathematics, Frank B. Murray; Chapter 4 The Role of Learning in Children's Strategy Choices, Robert S. Siegler, Christopher Shipley; Chapter 5 Information Processing and Piagetian Theory: Conflict or Congruence?, Lynn S. Liben; Chapter 6 Educational–Developmental Psychology and School Learning, Sidney Strauss; Chapter 7 Going for the Middle Ground: A Promising Place for Educational Psychology, David Henry Feldman; Chapter 8 Bandwidths of Competence: The Role of Supportive Contexts in Learning and Development, Ann L. Brown, Robert A. Reeve; Chapter 9 Developmental Method, Zones of Development, and Theories of the Environment, Robert H. Wozniak; Chapter 10 Epilogue, Lynn S. Liben;
Biography
Liben, Lynn S.
