This collection of 35 readings spans the breadth of contemporary scientific thinking on the developing child.
The recommendations of this book provide an opportunity to improve the quality of the care and the education that children receive, and ultimately improve outcomes for children.
Learning in the development of infant locomotion . Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development , 62 ( 3 , Serial No. 251 ) . Adolph , K. E. ( 2000 ) . Specificity of learning : Why infants fall over a veritable cliff .
Building memories: The ontogeny of autobiography. In D. Cicchetti & M. Beeghly (Eds.), The selfin transition: Infancy to childhood (pp. 213–242). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Snyder, D. K., Simpson, J., Hughes, J. N. (2006).
In the short run, these strategies seem to work. They make it possible for many children to get through their schooling even though they learn very little. But in the long run, these strategies are self-limiting and self-defeating, ...
The new edition includes a robust and carefully curated video program, called out within the margins of the text.
The new edition has been rigorously updated and welcomes co-author Elizabeth Gershoff (The University of Texas at Austin), who brings a breadth of research and teaching experience to the discussions of social and emotional development.
Hinshaw , S. P. , Zupan , B. A. , Simmel , C. , Nigg , J. T. , & Melnick , S. ( 1997 ) . Peer status in boys with and without attention ... Hoffman , K. B. , Cole , D. A. , Martin , J. M. , Tram , J. , & Seroczynski , A. D. ( 2000 ) .
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Ostroff highlights processes that propel learning (including play and collaboration), distilling the research into the most important ideas teachers need to design pedagogy and curriculum.