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Peer reviewedCole, Michael; Bruner, Jerome S. – American Psychologist, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Peer reviewedCole, Michael; Bruner, Jerome S. – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 1972
Authors review a body of data on theory which casts doubt that a deficit exists in minority group children, and even raises doubts as to whether any nonsuperficial differences exist among cultural groups. (Authors/MB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cultural Differences, Early Childhood Education, Linguistic Competence
Cole, Michael; And Others – 1971
After intensively studying for several years the thinking processes of members of a tribal group in Western Africa, the Kpelle, the authors examine the relation between culture and cognitive development. The following issues are discussed: (1) an analysis of the terms "culture" and "cognition"; (2) an ethnographic description of the Kpelle…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Associative Learning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
