Basic and Applied Perspectives on Learning, Cognition, and Development

The Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology, Volume 28
Herausgeber: Nelson, Charles A.

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Produktbeschreibung

Although current views of cognitive development owe a great deal to Jean Piaget, this field has undergone profound change in the years since Piaget's death. This can be witnessed both in the influence connectionist and dynamical system models have exerted on theories of cognition and language, and in how basic work in cognitive development has begun to influence those who work in applied (e.g., educational) settings. This volume brings together an eclectic group of distinguished experts who collectively represent the full spectrum of basic to applied aspects of cognitive development. This book begins with chapters on cognition and language that represent the current Zeitgeist in cognitive science approaches to cognitive development broadly defined. Following a brief commentary on this work, the next section turns to more applied issues. Although the focus here is on arithmetic learning, the research programs described have profound implications for virtually all aspects of education and learning. The last chapter views cognitive development from the perspective of ethology and evolutionary biology, and in so doing provides a theoretical perspective that is novel and in some ways, prescient: specifically, how can our views of cognition incorporate recent work in biology?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 398g
• ISBN-13: 9781138981164
• ISBN-10: 1138981168
• Artikelnr.: 56493764

Autorenporträt

Edited by Nelson, Charles A.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface. L.B. Smith
Self-Organizing Processes in Learning to Learn Words: Development Is Not Induction. B. MacWhinney
F. Chang
Connectionism and Language Learning. K. Freeman
G. Deák
Systems Learning Symbol Systems: Commentary on MacWhinney and Smith. L.B. Resnick
Inventing Arithmetic: Making Children's Intuition Work in School. J.W. Stigler
C. Fernandez
Learning Mathematics From Classroom Instruction: Cross-Cultural and Experimental Perspectives. H.W. Stevenson
Mathematics Achievement of American Students: First in the World by the Year 2000? K.E. Kremer
E.K. Adam
S.R. Jimerson
Research and Reform for U.S. Mathematics Education: What Counts? A Commentary on Stevenson
Stigler and Fernandez
and Resnick. W.R. Charlesworth
An Evolutionary Approach to Cognition and Learning. J.E. Turnure
The Evolution of Mind and Culture: A Commentary on Charlesworth.