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Peer reviewedDuckworth, Eleanor – Harvard Educational Review, 1972
The author believes that creativity and intelligence in children develop only minimally according to a built-in pace but depend mainly on having the opportunities to develop. (AN)
Descriptors: Child Development, Comprehension, Creative Thinking, Intellectual Development
Peer reviewedDuckworth, Eleanor – Urban Review, 1976
Article reviews Piaget's views on language and explains why he is not more concerned with this than he is. (AM)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Communication Skills
Download full textDuckworth, Eleanor – 1979
This booklet contains a speech on the value of discovery learning in building a sound knowledge base. The author contends that systematic concepts (such as spatial relations) should be fully explored by experimentation and discussion in the classroom. The cognitive processes involved in solving problems are examined and examples are given of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Creative Thinking
