Children's Thinking: Cognitive Development and Individual Differences (with InfoTrac)
"The book provides a unique organization of theories and ideas related to child development that encourages learners to make cross connections and to think critically about issues in child development.""(This is) an easily understood text on a complicated subject. The most current take on the theories is included as well as practical applications.""Its strengths are its coverage of biological, behavioral, cognitive, ecological and psychoanalytic perspectives on development.""Bjorklund's text has broad appeal to students from different disciplines. It is unique in that ties together typical development and atypical development.""This book is an excellent resource for students seeking a comprehensive understanding of cognitive development. The book contains depth as well as breadth and is written in an approachable style."    "Highly complex ideas are deconstructed into a form that can be easily understood by most college students and examples can help students imagine the application of theories of cognitive development in the design of lessons, the raising of children and communicating with others."