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Motivation in Learning. Education and Human Development
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Jian-Hong Ye, Editor; Liying Nong, Editor; Li Wang, Editor; Weiguaju Nong, Editor – IntechOpen, 2025
Learning is always a core activity in forming cognitive abilities and personality traits in people's growth process, and motivation is the key psychological mechanism that drives learning behaviour. Therefore, motivation in learning is an important area of research in educational psychology. It not only determines the initiation and continuation…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Learning, Student Motivation, Educational Psychology
Conceptual Development: Piaget's Legacy. Jean Piaget Symposium Series.
Scholnick, Ellin K., Ed.; Nelson, Katherine, Ed.; Gelman, Susan A., Ed.; Miller, Patricia H., Ed. – 1999
Based on the papers presented at the 1996 Symposium of the Jean Piaget Society and highlighting the extent to which Piaget's ideas have served to scaffold contemporary thinking about every aspect of conceptual development, this volume examines the nature of conceptual development, its foundations, and the sources of its novelties. The chapters…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Children, Cognitive Development
Neighborhood Poverty. Context and Consequences for Children. Volume I.
Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne, Ed.; Duncan, Greg J., Ed.; Aber, J. Lawrence, Ed. – 1997
Drawing from national and city-based sources, Volume 1 reports the empirical evidence concerning the relationship between children and community. The chapters are: (1) "Neighborhoods and Communities as Contexts for Development" (Martha A. Gephart); (2) "Development in Context: Implications for Studying Neighborhood Effects" (J. Lawrence Aber,…
Descriptors: Child Health, Children, Cognitive Development, Community Influence
Play and Literacy in Early Childhood: Research from Multiple Perspectives.
Roskos, Kathleen A., Ed.; Christie, James F., Ed. – 2000
Noting that an examination of play from diverse perspectives deepens understanding and opens up new avenues for research and educational practice, this book brings together studies, research syntheses, and critical commentaries that examine play-literacy relationships from cognitive, ecological, and cultural perspectives. Each set of chapters is…
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Cognitive Development, Context Effect
Context and Cognition: Ways of Learning and Knowing.
Light, Paul, Ed.; Butterworth, George – 1992
This collection of essays illustrates various aspects of the recent trend to situate accounts of cognitive development. The essays examine contextual sensitivity in relation to ecological theories of perception and cognition, and contrast intuitive reasoning in mathematical and other scientific domains with the child's difficulty with reasoning in…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
Contexts for Learning: Sociocultural Dynamics in Children's Development.
Forman, Ellice A., Ed.; And Others – 1993
Sociocultural theory has challenged existing notions of cognitive development by suggesting that psychological functioning is specific to its social context and is dependent on the mastery of culturally defined modes of speaking, thinking, and acting. This book provides a representative sample of work on the social and cultural foundations of…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Development, Concept Teaching, Constructivism (Learning)
Children's Engagement in the World: Sociocultural Perspectives.
Goncu, Artin, Ed. – 1999
Stressing that children's development in diverse cultures follows different paths, this book describes children's development in its cultural context. The book illustrates that the everyday work, school, and play activities provided for children vary from one culture to another depending on the social and economic structure of the cultures and…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Case Studies, Child Development, Children