Research Catalog
Children solving problems
- Title
- Children solving problems / Stephanie Thornton.
- Author
- Thornton, Stephanie, 1952-
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1995.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book/Text | Use in library | BF723.P8 T46 1995 | Off-site |
Details
- 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
- 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