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Peer reviewedLanda-Neimark, Maria – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1980
Observation of practices in V. V. Davydov's laboratory school suggests that students proceed from concrete example to abstract generalization--rather than from abstract to concrete, as Davydov has claimed. (GDC)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Concept Teaching, Developmental Stages
Peer reviewedGibson, Janice T. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1980
Soviet teaching experiments, based on the research of P. Ia. Galperin and of V. V. Davydov, are described, in which children are taught abstract concepts before they are provided with concrete examples. (GDC)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Classroom Research, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages
Gibson, Janice T. – 1977
Research conducted at the Institute of General and Pedagogical Psychology of Moscow, and based on the premise that the development of thought processes is a direct product of the social environment, is described. As a corollary to this premise, Piaget's view that the development of the thinking process occurs in orderly fashion is questioned.…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
