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Garvis, Susanne; Phillipson, Sivanes; Clarke, Sharryn; Harrison, Linda; McCormack, Jane; Pendergast, Donna – Oxford University Press, 2018
"Child Development and Learning" integrates concepts of learning and development into one comprehensive text for understanding child development. At its core is the belief that learning and development are intertwined. As children learn, they also develop. As children develop, they also learn. With an understanding of how children…
Descriptors: Child Development, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Developmental Stages
Connolly, Theresa; Struck, Beth; Tennant, Michelle, Ed.; Brady, Barbara, Ed. – 1994
Designed for use in in the home and in professional child-care settings, this program presents developmentally appropriate activities to support development of infants from 1 to 2 years of age. Each of the six 2-month long units contains 24 sets of activities call Activity Plans, with the suggestion to use three activity plans per week. Each unit…
Descriptors: Activities, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Connolly, Theresa; Struck, Beth; Tennant, Michelle, Ed.; Brady, Barbara, Ed. – 1994
Designed for use in the home and in professional child-care settings, this program presents developmentally appropriate activities to support growth and development of infants from birth to 1 year. Each of the six 2-month long units contains 24 sets of activities called Activity Plans, with the suggestion to use three activity plans per week. Each…
Descriptors: Activities, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Waller, T. Gary – 1977
This monograph examines reading as a cognitive process, focusing on the relationship between reading and thinking as developed in Piagetian theory. Sections of the paper provide a brief overview of Piagetian theory, pointing out its relevance for reading; examine correlational, comparative, and perceptual studies of the relationship between…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages, Literature Reviews
Driver, Rosalind – 1983
This book is intended to give teachers and student teachers a better understanding of the thinking of adolescent students in science lessons and to indicate the difficulties such students have in understanding the more abstract or formal ideas with which they are presented. It is practical in its orientation as the issues discussed are illustrated…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension
Thelen, Esther; Smith, Linda B. – 1994
This book presents a comprehensive and detailed theory of early human development based on the principles of dynamic systems theory. It raises fundamental questions about prevailing assumptions in the field and proposes a new theory of the development of cognition and action, unifying recent advances in dynamic systems theory with current research…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Individual Development, Learning Processes
Grigorenko, Elena L., Ed.; Naples, Adam J., Ed. – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2007
As the first title in the new series, "New Directions in Communication Disorders Research: Integrative Approaches", this volume discusses a unique phenomenon in cognitive science, single-word reading, which is an essential element in successful reading competence. Single-word reading is an interdisciplinary area of research that incorporates…
Descriptors: Expertise, Feedback (Response), Spelling, Morphology (Languages)
Rich, John Martin; DeVitis, Joseph L. – 1994
The introductory chapter clarifies key terms and lays the background for different theories of moral development. Chapter 2 surveys competing models from various schools of thought on the initial origins of morality in childhood. The works discussed include those of Freud, Jung and Piaget. Chapter 3 includes: Erik H. Erikson's sociocultural…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Developmental Tasks
Reilly, Abigail Peterson – 1980
The conferencee discussions and papers presented in this volume reflect the opinions and research of 20 authorities in the field of communication development. These authorities offer new perspectives on nonverbal communication, speech reception and production, and the development of language and thought. To provide a better understanding of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Communication Research, Developmental Stages, Infant Behavior
Cohen, Elaine Pear; Gainer, Ruth Straus – 1995
This handbook, written for teachers, art teachers, and parents of young children, describes actual elementary school classroom experiences. Each anecdote is juxtaposed with a simple explanation of its philosophical and psychological rationale. Symbolic representation of the environment through art making is seen as a natural language, a…
Descriptors: Art Education, Art Expression, Child Development, Childrens Art
Shatz, Marilyn – 1994
Based on intense observations of one child's development from 1 to 3 years of age, this book describes how children acquire the knowledge they need to become persons. The book has 13 chapters, divided chronologically. Topics covered include: (1) personhood and social identity, and methodological issues; (2) 15-16 months, doing a lot with a little,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Comprehension
Singer, Dorothy G.; Revenson, Tracey A. – 1997
While other developmental theories, on a smaller scale, share center stage with Piagetian theory, Jean Piaget will likely be remembered as one of the world's leading psychologists of the twentieth century. This book, with a first version published nearly 20 years ago, attempts to make Piaget's concepts more "user friendly" for those…
Descriptors: Child Development, Childrens Literature, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Rogers, Sinclair, Ed. – 1975
Although the study of the acquisition of a first language has been split by a controversy between the "innatists" and the "behaviorists," neither group has given enough consideration to the relationship between language development and the other developments of the child (social, cognitive, and perceptual). This collection of readings links the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages
Bonnett, Michael – 1994
This book brings a philosophical perspective to the topic of children's thinking. It attempts to answer the questions of what it is to think and understand, and how children do so. The book provides an introduction to the philosophy of education as it relates to children's understanding, and is careful not to assume any previous philosophical…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures
Hann, Della M., Ed.; Huffman, Lynne C., Ed.; Lederhendler, Israel I., Ed.; Meinecke, Douglas, Ed. – 1998
This book represents the proceedings of the Conference on Advancing Research on Developmental Plasticity: Integrating Behavioral Science and the Neuroscience of Mental Health. The conference featured scientific presentations from many leading scientists in behavioral sciences, neuroscience and psychiatry, as well as a poster session for newer…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Development, Behavioral Sciences, Cognitive Development
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