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Emerging minds : the process of change in children's thinking
- Title
- Emerging minds : the process of change in children's thinking / Robert S. Siegler.
- Author
- Siegler, Robert S.
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | BF723.C5 S53 1996 | Off-site |
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- Description
- viii, 278 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- How do children acquire the vast array of concepts, strategies, and skills that distinguish the thinking of infants and toddlers from that of preschoolers, older children, and adolescents? In this new book, Robert Siegler addresses these and other fundamental questions.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-264) and indexes.
- Contents
- 1. Whose Children Are We Talking About? -- 2. Evolution and Cognitive Development -- 3. Cognitive Variability: The Ubiquity of Multiplicity -- 4. Strategic Development: Trudging up the Staircase or Swimming with the Tide? -- 5. The Adaptivity of Multiplicity -- 6. Formal Models of Strategy Choice -- 7. How Children Generate New Ways of Thinking -- 8. A New Agenda for Cognitive Development.
- ISBN
- 0195077873
- LCCN
- 95042099
- OCLC
- 33245412
- ocm33245412
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries