Emerging Minds: The Process of Change in Children's Thinking

by Robert S. Siegler

Book Overview

How do children acquire the vast array of concepts, strategies, and skills that distinguish the thinking of infants and toddlers from that of preschoolers, older children, and adolescents? In this new book, Robert Siegler addresses these and other fundamental questions about children's thinking. Previous theories have tended to depict cognitive development much like a staircase. At an early age, children think in one way; as they get older, they step...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195077873
• ISBN13: 9780195077872
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.5"