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The Acquisition of Symbolic Skills

Author : Don Rogers
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461337240
Total Pages : 607 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (613 download)

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Download or read book The Acquisition of Symbolic Skills written by Don Rogers and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-13 with total page 607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a selection of papers from a conference which took place at the University of Keele in July 1982. The conference was an extraordinarily enjoyable one, and we would like to take this opportunity of thanking all participants for helping to make it so. The conference was intended to allow scholars working on different aspects of symbolic behaviour to compare findings, to look for common ground, and to identify differences between the various areas. We hope that it was successful in these aims: the assiduous reader may judge for himself. Several themes emerged during the course of the conference. Some of these were: 1. There is a distinction to be made between those symbol systems which attempt, more or less directly, to represent a state of affairs in the world (e. g. language, drawing, map and navigational skill) and those in which the representational function is complemented, if not overshadowed, by properties of the symbol system itself, and the systematic inter-relations that symbols can have to one another (e. g. music, mathematics). The distinction is not absolute, for the nature of all symbolic skills is, in part, a function of the structure of the symbolic system employed. Nonetheless, this distinction helps us to understand some common acquisition difficulties, such as that experienced in mathematics, where mental manipulation of symbols can go awry if a child assumes too close a correspondence between mathematical symbols and the world they represent. 2.

Interaction of Media, Cognition, and Learning

Author : Gavriel Salomon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136483306
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (364 download)

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Download or read book Interaction of Media, Cognition, and Learning written by Gavriel Salomon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The educational use of television, film, and related media has increased significantly in recent years, but our fundamental understanding of how media communicate information and which instructional purposes they best serve has grown very little. In this book, the author advances an empirically based theory relating media's most basic mode of presentation -- their symbol systems -- to common thought processes and to learning. Drawing on research in semiotics, cognition and cognitive development, psycholinguistics, and mass communication, the author offers a number of propositions concerning the particular kinds of mental processes required by, and the specific mental skills enhanced by, different symbol systems. He then describes a series of controlled experiments and field and cross-cultural studies designed to test these propositions. Based primarily on the symbol system elements of television and film, these studies illustrate under what circumstances and with what types of learners certain kinds of learning and mental skill development occur. These findings are incorporated into a general scheme of reciprocal interactions among symbol systems, learners' cognitions, and their mental activities; and the implications of these relationships for the design and use of instructional materials are explored.

Understanding Cognitive Development

Author : Maggie McGonigle-Chalmers
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1473918154
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (739 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Cognitive Development written by Maggie McGonigle-Chalmers and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2015-03-19 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding Cognitive Development provides a fresh, evidence-based research perspective on the story of children’s cognitive development in the first ten years of human life. Starting with a brief survey of the key theoretical positions that have come to define developmental psychology, the textbook then focuses on the different cognitive abilities as they emerge throughout early development. Uniquely, it examines these in terms of their interdependence; that is how skills such as perception, memory, language and reasoning relate to one another. This holistic treatment allows students to see the many important intersections in this critical phase of human life development. This textbook employs a novel design that will be of immense help to both students and instructors and is intended to be read at two levels: at the first level, it provides a fully referenced explanatory account of experimental research on cognitive development with complete attention to the needs of students who have never been exposed to experimental methodology nor studies in cognitive development before. At the second level, and mapped directly onto numbered sub-sections within the text, the author uses illustrative panels designed along the lines of PowerPoint presentations to summarise studies and key findings, employing lots of pictorial material together with bullet-points to give vividness and texture to the material covered. These panels are replicated on the accompanying companion website in PowerPoint for lecturers and students to make further use of in teaching and revision. Revision points are provided at the end of every chapter. Rich in academic coverage, including a widespread database of the most important empirical research in the field, this textbook will be essential reading for students of cognitive development and developmental psychology across psychology and education.

Concept Development in the Primary School

Author : Peter Langford
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317226925
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Concept Development in the Primary School written by Peter Langford and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-10 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1987, this book introduces work on the intellectual development of children in the primary school. It contains chapters on the teaching of reading, writing, art, science and mathematics. While critical of many of the once popular ideas of Jean Piaget, the author also emphasises the continuing validity of some aspects of Piaget’s thinking.

Acquisition of Complex Arithmetic Skills and Higher-Order Mathematics Concepts

Author : David C. Geary
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128133686
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (281 download)

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Download or read book Acquisition of Complex Arithmetic Skills and Higher-Order Mathematics Concepts written by David C. Geary and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acquisition of Complex Arithmetic Skills and Higher-Order Mathematics Concepts focuses on typical and atypical learning of complex arithmetic skills and higher-order math concepts. As part of the series Mathematical Cognition and Learning, this volume covers recent advances in the understanding of children's developing competencies with whole-number arithmetic, fractions, and rational numbers. Each chapter covers these topics from multiple perspectives, including genetic disorders, cognition, instruction, and neural networks. - Covers innovative measures and recent methodological advances in mathematical thinking and learning - Contains contributions that improve instruction and education in these domains - Informs policy aimed at increasing the level of mathematical proficiency in the general public

Musical Excellence

Author : Aaron Williamon
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191006424
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Musical Excellence written by Aaron Williamon and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-06-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Musical Excellence offers performers, teachers, and researchers, new perspectives and practical guidance for enhancing performance and managing the stress that typically accompanies performance situations. It draws together, for the first time in a single collection, the findings of pioneering initiatives from across the arts and sciences. Specific recommendations are provided alongside comprehensive reviews of existing theory and research, enabling the practitioner to place the strategies and techniques within the broader context of human performance and encouraging novel ways of conceptualizing music making and teaching. Part I, Prospects and Limits, sets out ground rules for achieving musical excellence. What roles do innate talent, environmental influences, and sheer hard work play in attaining eminence? How can musicians best manage the physical demands of a profession that is intrinsically arduous, throughout a career that can literally span a lifetime? How can performers, teachers, and researchers effectively assess and reflect on performance enhancement for themselves, their colleagues, and their students? Part II, Practice Strategies, presents approaches for increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of practice. These are examined generally for the individual and ensembles and specifically for the tasks of memorizing, sight-reading, and improvising music. Musicians spend vast amounts of time and energy acquiring and refining their skills, but are there particular rehearsal strategies that they can employ to produce better performance results or to achieve the same results more quickly? What implication does existing knowledge of human information processing and physical functioning have for musical learning and practice? Part III, Techniques and Interventions, introduces scientifically validated methods for enhancing musical achievement, ordered from the more physical to the psychological to the pharmacological; however, they all address issues of both mental and physical significance for the musician. Collectively, they stand as clear evidence that applied, cross-disciplinary research can facilitate musicians' strive for performance excellence. Throughout, the book highlights ways for musicians to make the most of their existing practice, training, and experience and gives them additional tools for acquiring and developing new skills. Each chapter is underpinned by physical and psychological principles relevant to all performance traditions that demand dedication and resilience, unique artistic vision, and effective communication.

Current Studies in Spanish Linguistics

Author : Héctor Campos
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781589018419
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (184 download)

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Download or read book Current Studies in Spanish Linguistics written by Héctor Campos and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 1992-03-01 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this invited volume, experts in Spanish linguistics who subscribe to the Chomskyian thory of Universal Grammar, along with the editors, approach the general applicability of this model from the perspectives of their subdisciplines: language acquisition, syntax, semantics, phonology, and morphology. Their research points to the verification of the Chomskyian linguistic theory as a general framework for explaining phenomena in language acquistion and use—and, more generally, to the possible development of a model of mind based on linguistic theory. Current Studies in Spanish Linguistics will interest all specialists in Spanish and theoretical linguistics, as well as those interested in cognitive science, psychology, philosophy of mind, and artificial intelligence.

The Development of Word Meaning

Author : Stan Kuczaj
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461248442
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (612 download)

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Download or read book The Development of Word Meaning written by Stan Kuczaj and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For some time now, the study of cognitive development has been far and away the most active discipline within developmental psychology. Although there would be much disagreement as to the exact proportion of papers published in develop mental journals that could be considered cognitive, 50% seems like a conserva tive estimate. Hence, a series of scholarly books devoted to work in cognitive development is especially appropriate at this time. The Springer Series in Cognitive Development contains two basic types of books, namely, edited collections of original chapters by several autbors, and original volumes written by one author or a small group of authors. The flagship for the Springer Series is a serial publication of the "advances" types, carrying the sub title Progress in Cognitive Development Research. Each volume in the Progress sequence is strongly thematic, in that it is limited to some well-defmed domain of cognitive-developmental research (e. g. , logical and mathematical development, development of learning). All Progress volumes will be edited collections. Editors of such collections, upon consultation with the Series Editor, may elect to have their books published either as contributions to the Progress sequence or as sepa rate volumes. All books written by one author or a small group of authors are being published as separate volumes within the series. A fairly broad defmition of cognitive development is being used in the selec tion of books for this series.

Music, Wellness, and Aging

Author : Scott F. Madey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108844693
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Music, Wellness, and Aging written by Scott F. Madey and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-10-21 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This definitive account of the intersection between music, wellness, and aging explores deeper aspects of human nature and later life.

Developmental and Acquired Dyslexia

Author : C.K. Leong
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401712417
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Developmental and Acquired Dyslexia written by C.K. Leong and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume on neuropsychological and neurolinguistic perspectives of dyslexia and alexia is based on the papers presented at the NATO Advanced Study Institute held towards the end of 1991. The book, consisting of sixteen chapters from cognitive neuropsychologists and neurolinguists from different countries, is divided into three parts addressing the following issues: Part I: Neuropsychological substrates; Part II: Case studies, and Part III: Computational and linguistic approaches. The contributors are from England and Wales, different parts of Europe, Scandinavia, North America and Russia. This volume and the companion volume Reading Disabilities: Diagnosis and Component Processes (Kluwer, 1993) are helpful to researchers in the fields of literacy and cognitive neuropsychology. It is intended for researchers, clinicians, university professors, senior or post-graduate students in psychology, psycholinguistics, cognitive neuropsychology, educational psychology, and special education.

Frames of Mind

Author : Howard E Gardner
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465024343
Total Pages : 553 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Frames of Mind written by Howard E Gardner and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2011-03-29 with total page 553 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “There’s a book I recommend for everybody: It’s Howard Gardner’s Frames of Mind. It has helped me immensely.” – Robert Greene, author of The 48 Laws of Power What do we mean when we call someone smart? That they are good at math and got a high score on the SAT? That they learn languages easily? Those traits might be what comes to mind first: they are what underly psychology’s classic definition of intelligence, and what we are told in school that a smart person can do. But they are not the whole story. As Howard Gardner argues in the groundbreaking classic Frames of Mind, to limit our understanding of intelligence to “book smarts” misses much of what makes human beings amazing. Someone who plays an instrument well is exhibiting intelligence. So, too, someone who knows how to do physical comedy—is their mastery of their movements and the space around them not brilliant? And to have a profound knowledge of their own self, their relationships with others, and relationships between others, too, is to show great intelligence as well. Gardner calls this the theory of multiple intelligences. But this isn’t just a book for intellectuals who want to argue about what intelligence is, or educators debating how to teach. It is for each of us. In an era of teaching to the test, and increasingly powerful artificial intelligence, Gardner’s work is a celebration of all the ways there are to be huma

National Library of Medicine Current Catalog

Author : National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 988 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book National Library of Medicine Current Catalog written by National Library of Medicine (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on with total page 988 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Handbook of Children’s Literacy

Author : Terezinha Nunes
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401717311
Total Pages : 808 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Children’s Literacy written by Terezinha Nunes and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PETER BRYANT & TEREZINHA NUNES The time that it takes children to learn to read varies greatly between different orthographies, as the chapter by Sprenger-Charolles clearly shows, and so do the difficulties that they encounter in learning about their own orthography. Nevertheless most people, who have the chance to learn to read, do in the end read well enough, even though a large number experience some significant difficulties on the way. Most of them eventually become reasonably efficient spellers too, even though they go on make spelling mistakes (at any rate if they are English speakers) for the rest of their lives. So, the majority of humans plainly does have intellectual resources that are needed for reading and writing, but it does not always find these resources easy to marshal. What are these resources? Do any of them have to be acquired? Do different orthographies make quite different demands on the intellect? Do people differ significantly from each other in the strength and accessibility of these resources? If they do, are these differences an important factor in determining children's success in learning to read and write? These are the main questions that the different chapters in this section on Basic Processes set out to answer.

The Development of Language and Language Researchers

Author : Frank S. Kessel
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1317766962
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book The Development of Language and Language Researchers written by Frank S. Kessel and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1988. This is a collection of essays that were presented at or generated afterwards at a meeting on language acquisition Society Development in April 1981: a symposium on “The Development of Language and Language Researchers: Whatever Happened to Linguistic Theory?” in Boston.

Psychology Library Editions: Speech and Language Disorders

Author : Various
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429677219
Total Pages : 2095 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Psychology Library Editions: Speech and Language Disorders written by Various and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-14 with total page 2095 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychology Library Editions: Speech and Language Disorders (8 Volume set) presents titles, originally published between 1942 and 1993, covering a variety of areas from auditory processing difficulties to stuttering. The titles show the progression of knowledge and treatment through the twentieth century.

Assessment in Speech and Language Therapy

Author : John R. Beech
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429785135
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (297 download)

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Download or read book Assessment in Speech and Language Therapy written by John R. Beech and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-31 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What assessment tests are available to speech therapists? How are they best used? Originally published in 1993, Assessment in Speech and Language Therapy was designed to guide speech therapists in choosing the most appropriate assessments for evaluation, monitoring and intervention at the time. By providing guidance on defining the issues in assessment, it shows how to make sure that the process will produce a result relevant to the therapist’s own needs and those of his or her clients. The major issues involved are discussed in detail, in particular how to make sure that assessments are relevant to individual needs. This title will be invaluable to all speech therapists and clinical psychologists working in this area.

Children's Language

Author : K. E. Nelson
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1317768949
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book Children's Language written by K. E. Nelson and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1985. In children’s language we are in search of the “ great bears,” the clear solid patterns that hold up after countless angles of view and after many, many lenses have been tried. In the first four volumes of this series, Children's Language, there has been coverage of alternative theories and methods in syntax, semantics, discourse, phonology, figurative language, second language learning, the transition to text processing, and story structures, among other topics. In order to present a lively account of development, the authors in the first four volumes were encouraged to each adopt a flexible format—one that best fit their own material rather than sticking to a standard review organization. Exactly the same approach has been taken by the authors of the present volume 5.