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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450100803321

Titolo

Microdevelopment : transition processes in development and learning / / edited by Nira Granott & Jim Parziale [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002

ISBN

1-107-11783-6

1-280-41761-7

0-511-17635-X

1-139-14615-7

0-511-06645-7

0-511-06014-9

0-511-32551-7

0-511-48970-6

0-511-06858-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 354 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in cognitive and perceptual development ; ; 7

Disciplina

153.1/5

Soggetti

Child psychology

Developmental psychology

Child development

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Microdevelopment: A process-oriented perspective for studying development and learning; Part I Variability; Part II Transition mechanisms; Part III Micro- and macrodevelopment; Part IV Context; Author index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

Microdevelopment is the process of change in abilities, knowledge and understanding during short time-spans. This book presents a new process-orientated view of development and learning based on recent innovations in psychology research. Instead of characterising abilities at different ages, researchers investigate processes of development and learning that evolve through time and explain what enables progress in them. Four themes are highlighted: variability, mechanisms that create



transitions to higher levels of knowledge, interrelations between changes in the short-term scale of microdevelopment and the crucial effect of context. Learning and development are analysed in and out of school, in the individual's activities and through social interaction, in relation to simple and complex problems and in everyday behaviour and novel tasks. With contributions from the foremost researchers in the field Microdevelopment will be essential reading for all interested in cognitive and developmental science.