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The Role of central conceptual structures in the development of children's thought / Robbie Case, Yukari Okamoto ; in collaboration with Sharon Griffin ... [et al.] ; with commentary by Robert S. Siegler, Daniel P. Keating, and a reply by the authors.

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The Role of central conceptual structures in the development of children's thought / Robbie Case, Yukari Okamoto ; in collaboration with Sharon Griffin ... [et al.] ; with commentary by Robert S. Siegler, Daniel P. Keating, and a reply by the authors.
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Chicago, Ill. : Society for Research in Child Development, c1996.

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  • Case, Robbie
  • Griffin, Sharon.
  • Siegler, Robert S.
  • Keating, Daniel P., 1949-
  • Okamoto, Yukari.
  • Society for Research in Child Development issuing body.
Description
vi, 298 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
This monograph presents a theory of conceptual development, the main construct of which is the "central conceptual structure". These structures are defined as networks of semantic nodes and relations which represent children's core knowledge and which can be applied to a full range of tasks in a given domain. Comprehensive cross-cultural testing of model structures and a six-year programme of instructional research show how the transformation of these central conceptual structures have a powerful influence on subsequent knowledge acquisition. The work should interest cognitive scientists, educational psychologists and child development specialists.
Series Statement
Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 0037-976X ; serial no. 246, vol. 61, no. 1-2, 1996
Uniform Title
Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development ; v. 61, no. 1-2, serial no. 246.
Subject
  • Cognition in children
  • Thought and thinking
  • Knowledge, Theory of, in children
  • Concept Formation
  • Infant
  • Child
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
  • Introduction: reconceptualizing the nature of children's conceptual structures and their development in middle childhood / Robbie Case -- Exploring the microstructure of children's central conceptual structures in the domain of number / Yukari Okamoto and Robbie Case -- Exploring the macrostructure of children's central conceptual structures in the domains of number and narrative / Robbie Case [et al.] -- Evaluating the breadth and depth of training effects when central conceptual structures are taught / Sharon Griffin and Robbie Case --
  • Central spatial structures and their development / Robbie Case [et al.] -- Cross-cultural investigations / Yukari Okamoto [et al.] -- Modeling the dynamic interplay between general and specific change in children's conceptual understanding / Robbie Case.
  • Cognition in children. and their development / Robbie Case [et al.] -- Cross-cultural investigations / Yukari Okamoto [et al.] -- Modeling the dynamic interplay between general and specific change in children's conceptual understanding / Robbie Case.
ISBN
0226095401 (pbk.)
OCLC
  • 34798834
  • SCSB-11740296
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library