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Towsey, Paula M. – Mind, Culture, and Activity, 2009
This article presents what is possibly the first English translation of a 1930 manuscript related to Vygotsky's work (probably written by Vygotsky himself). This manuscript, the Zalkind Summary, is a five-point summary of his presentation to the First All-Union Congress on the Study of Human Behaviour in Leningrad in January 1930. This article…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Developmental Psychology, Thinking Skills, English
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Kagan, Jerome – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2004
Many concepts in developmental psychology are inferred or confirmed from very particular experimental or naturalistic observations but investigators often generalize their validity to a broad domain of situations. This permissiveness is affecting progress. This paper provides examples of this error and criticizes the tendency to award essences to…
Descriptors: Developmental Psychology, Concept Formation, Research Methodology, Context Effect
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Halford, Graeme S. – Human Development, 1993
Reviews "The Mind's Staircase: Exploring the Conceptual Underpinnings of Children's Thought and Knowledge," edited by Robbie Case. A main thesis of the book, which discusses theoretical issues and presents empirical evidence, is that children's cognitive development is guided by central conceptual structures, or networks of concepts that…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
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Cowan, Richard – British Journal of Psychology, 1979
Five-year-olds were found to give more conserving responses to small number versions than to a large number version of a test of identity conservation. Superiority of performance with small number versions was reduced but not eliminated when the opportunity to requantify was removed. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept), Developmental Psychology, Kindergarten Children
Benjamin, Ludy T., Jr., Ed. – APA Books, 2008
The most popular activities from APA's successful "Activities Handbooks for the Teaching of Psychology" are gathered together and updated in this book of teachers' favorites. The lesson plans, which encourage active learning and involve the whole class, have stood the test of time and proven themselves to be entertaining, effective, and easy to…
Descriptors: Psychology, Teaching Methods, Learning Activities, Lesson Plans