Contributions

  • Case, Robbie. - Contributor
  • Okamoto, Yukari. - Contributor
  • Griffin, Sharon. - Contributor
  • Siegler, Robert S. - Contributor
  • Keating, Daniel P., 1949- - Contributor

Publication

1996 - Society for Research in Child Development, Chicago, Ill, Illinois

Language

English

Word Count

74,500 words, Guess

Page Count

298 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCLB1103 .S6 vol. 61, no. 1-2

Description

This monograph presents a theory of conceptual development, the main construct of which is the "central conceptual structure". These structures are defined as networks of semantic nodes and relations which represent children's core knowledge and which can be applied to a full range of tasks in a given domain. Comprehensive cross-cultural testing of model structures and a six-year programme of instructional research show how the transformation of these central conceptual structures have a powerful influence on subsequent knowledge acquisition. The work should interest cognitive scientists, educational psychologists and child development specialists.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development -- serial no 246, vol. 61, no. 1-2, 1966
  • Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development -- no.246.

Other Editions

  • The Role of central conceptual structures in the development of children's thoughtSociety for Research in Child Development1996-01-01

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