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Peer reviewedCole, Michael; Wertsch, James V. – Human Development, 1996
Examines the role attributed to cultural mediation in Piaget's and Vygotsky's theories. Mediation of human action by cultural artifacts was central to Vygotsky's account of human development, but less important for Piaget. Vygotsky's claims regarding social origins of individual mental processes need to be understood in light of claims regarding…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cultural Awareness, Culture, Individual Development
Peer reviewedCole, Michael; And Others – Human Development, 1993
Reviews four books: (1) "On Intelligence. . .More or Less: A Bioecological Treatise on Intellectual Development" (Stephen J. Ceci); (2) "Knowing Children: Experiments in Conversation and Cognition" (Michael Siegal); (3) "Adolescents and Their Families: Paths of Ego Development" (S. T. Hauser and others); and (4) "Adolescence: An Anthropological…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Book Reviews, Children, Cognitive Development
