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Children solving problems

Title
Children solving problems / Stephanie Thornton.
Author
Thornton, Stephanie, 1952-
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1995.

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Book/TextUse in library BF723.P8 T46 1995Off-site

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Description
143 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
This work surveys research from a range of perspectives in order to examine how children develop problem-solving skills. The author suggests that successful problem-solving is a social process, and that sharing problem-solving - with adults and other children - is vital to a child's development.
Series Statement
The developing child
Uniform Title
Developing child
Subject
  • Problem solving in children
  • Child development
  • Cognition
  • Problem solving
  • Child Development
  • Cognition
  • Problem Solving
  • cognition
  • Problem solving
  • Child development
  • Problem solving in children
  • Kind
  • Problemlösen
  • Probleemoplossing
  • Kinderen
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
1. Why Children's Problem-Solving Is Interesting -- 2. A Historical Perspective on Children's Problem-Solving: Inference and the Development of Logic -- 3. Conceptual Tools for Solving Problems: Inherent Skills and Information -- 4. Working through a Problem and Discovering New Strategies -- 5. The Social Context of Children's Problem-Solving -- 6. Conclusions.
ISBN
  • 0674116232
  • 9780674116238
  • 0674116240
  • 9780674116245
LCCN
95001114
OCLC
  • ocm32012617
  • 32012617
  • SCSB-2060138
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library