02548nam 2200601Ia 450 991082060400332120240416152616.00-674-04434-710.4159/9780674044340(CKB)1000000000805636(SSID)ssj0000121093(PQKBManifestationID)11145093(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000121093(PQKBWorkID)10092951(PQKB)11145076(MiAaPQ)EBC3300759(Au-PeEL)EBL3300759(CaPaEBR)ebr10331346(OCoLC)923117235(DE-B1597)574601(DE-B1597)9780674044340(EXLCZ)99100000000080563619950127d1995 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrChildren solving problems /Stephanie Thornton1st ed.Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press1995143 p. illThe developing childBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-11623-2 0-674-11624-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-137) and index.Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1/Why Children’s Problem- Solving Is Interesting -- 2/A Historical Perspective on Children’s Problem-Solving: Inference and the Development of Logic -- 3/Conceptual Tools for Solving Problems: Inherent Skills and Information -- 4/Working through a Problem and Discovering New Strategies -- 5/The Social Context of Children’s Problem-Solving -- 6/Conclusions -- Notes -- Suggested Reading -- Credits -- IndexThornton surveys research from a broad range of perspectives in order to explore why successful problem-solving depends less on how smart we are--or, as the pioneering psychologist Jean Piaget claimed, how advanced is our skill in logical reasoning--and more on the factual knowledge we acquire as we learn and interpret cues from the world around us.Developing child.Problem solving in childrenChild psychologyProblem solving in children.Child psychology.155.4/1343Thornton Stephanie1952-1595527MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820604003321Children solving problems3916507UNINA