| Title: |
The Mind's Staircase: Exploring the Conceptual Underpinnings of Children's Thought and Knowledge. |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Case, Robbie |
| Availability: |
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers, 365 Broadway, Hillsdale, NJ 07642 (paperback, ISBN-0-8058-1109-7; hardcover, ISBN-0-8058-0324-6). |
| Peer Reviewed: |
N |
| Page Count: |
411 |
| Publication Date: |
1992 |
| Document Type: |
Book; Collected Works - General; Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: |
Children; Cognitive Development; Cognitive Processes; Cognitive Structures; Cognitive Style; Concept Formation; Developmental Stages; Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Knowledge Level; Piagetian Theory; Thinking Skills |
| ISBN: |
978-0-8058-1190-2 |
| Abstract: |
This book, which contains 19 chapters, examines children's learning processes in light of reconceptualizations of Piagetian theory. Part one traces the theoretical question underpinning this examination and includes three chapters: "General and Specific Views of the Mind, its Structure, and its Development"; "A Neo-Piagetian Approach to the Issue of Cognitive Generality and Specificity"; and "Advantages and Limitations of the Neo-Piagetian Position." Part two examines the role of central conceptual structures in the development of children's logico-mathematical thought in four chapters: "Synchrony and Asynchrony in the Development of Children's Scientific Reasoning"; "Synchrony and Asynchrony in the Acquisition of Children's Everyday Mathematical Knowledge"; "A Neo-Structural Analysis of Children's Response to Instruction in the Sight-Reading of Musical Notation"; and "Testing for the Presence of a Central Quantitative Structure: Use of the Transfer Paradigm." Part three focuses on the role of central conceptual structures in the development of children's social and emotional thought in five chapters: "Young Girl's Conception of Their Mother's Role: A Neo-Structural Analysis"; "The Development of Empathic Cognition in Middle and Early Childhood"; "A Neo-Structural Analysis of Children's Narrative and Its Development"; "Young Children's Awareness of Their Inner World: A Neo-Structural Analysis of the Development of Intrapersonal Intelligence"; and "Testing for the Presence of a Central Social Structure: Use of the Transfer Paradigm." Part four addresses the role of central conceptual structures in the development of children's spatial thought in two chapters: "Stage and Structure in the Development of Children's Spatial Representations"; and "Horizontal and Vertical Structure: Stages and Substages in Children's Motor Development." Part five examines cross-domain synchrony and asynchrony in the acquisition of different central conceptual structures in four chapters: "Parallels in the Development of Children's Social, Numerical, and Spatial Thought"; "Analyzing the Basic Cognitive-Developmental Processes of Children with Specific Types of Learning Disability"; Stage and Structure in the Development of Children with Various Types of Giftedness"; and "Cross-Cultural Variation in the Structure of Children's Thought." The final chapter, "The Mind and Its Modules: Toward a Multi-Level View of the Development of Human Intelligence," serves as a conclusion. The book includes 450 references, as well as author and subject indexes. (MDM) |
| Entry Date: |
1994 |
| Accession Number: |
ED362269 |
| Database: |
ERIC |