Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Garton, Alison,

Titel

Exploring cognitive development : the child as problem solver

Auflage

1st ed

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-135) and indexes.
• Theoretical overview -- Strategy use and learning in problem solving -- Social problem solving -- What the child brings to the task -- Summary, review, and implications.
• This book uses the paradigm of the child as a problem solver to examine various theories of cognitive development.:.; Provides balanced coverage of a broad range of contemporary theories.; Focuses on collaborative tasks which are carried out with other children or adults.; Asks whether social interaction is the key to improvement in problem solving skills, or whether it is the skills and abilities that the child brings to the task that are paramount.; Draws on a wide range of research, including the author's own research into dyadic problem solving.
• English