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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
Peer reviewedScribner, Sylvia; Cole, Michael – Harvard Educational Review, 1978
Examines relationship between literacy and intellectual development and the belief that literacy leads to higher forms of thought. Describes research findings among the Vai of Liberia, a people who invented a syllabic writing system to represent their own language. Investigates effects of becoming literate separately from effects of attending…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adult Literacy, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages
