How Children Think and Learn - Softcover

Wood, David

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9780631200079: How Children Think and Learn
Softcover
ISBN 10: 063120007X ISBN 13: 9780631200079
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 1998

Synopsis

This is the second edition of a textbook that has met with enthusiastic acclaim since its publication in 1988. It explores in detail theories and discussions of how children think and learn. It also looks at the practical implications of research and acknowledges some of the difficult problems teachers face when trying to put theory and research into practice in the classroom.

  • Discusses important new research in developmental psychology that has taken place since the first edition was published in 1988
  • Provides an excellent resource for both psychology students and educationalists
  • Includes substantially revised chapters on mathematics and classroom education

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About the Author

The author is Professor of Psychology at the University of Nottingham.

From the Back Cover

This is the second edition of a textbook that has met with enthusiastic acclaim since its publication in 1988. It explores in detail theories and discussions of how children think and learn. It also looks at the practical implications of research and acknowledges some of the difficult problems teachers face when trying to put theory and research into practice in the classroom.

Although retaining much of the structure and information of the first edition, the author has now included a new, overview chapter in which he outlines some of the major developments that have occurred over the past decade. Ensuing chapters have also been amended to discuss these changes in relation to the topics addressed in each. The chapter on mathematics has been substantially re-worked to include new information in both theoretical understanding and also knowledge of children's understanding, while the final chapter on education incorporates a new section on educational technology and its relation to major theories of learning and development.

From the Inside Flap

This is the second edition of a textbook that has met with enthusiastic acclaim since its publication in 1988. It explores in detail theories and discussions of how children think and learn. It also looks at the practical implications of research and acknowledges some of the difficult problems teachers face when trying to put theory and research into practice in the classroom.

Although retaining much of the structure and information of the first edition, the author has now included a new, overview chapter in which he outlines some of the major developments that have occurred over the past decade. Ensuing chapters have also been amended to discuss these changes in relation to the topics addressed in each. The chapter on mathematics has been substantially re-worked to include new information in both theoretical understanding and also knowledge of children's understanding, while the final chapter on education incorporates a new section on educational technology and its relation to major theories of learning and development.

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Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
063120007X
ISBN 13 
9780631200079
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
336
Rating
  • 3.39 out of 5 stars
    33 ratings by Goodreads

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