The Role of central conceptual structures in the development of children's thought
By: Robbie Case, Yukari Okamoto ; in collaboration with Sharon Griffin ... [et al.] ; with commentary by Robert S. Siegler, Daniel P. Keating, and a reply by the authors.
Contributors: Case, Robbie.; Okamoto, Yukari.; Griffin, Sharon.; Siegler, Robert S.; Keating, Daniel P., 1949-
Series: Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development -- serial no 246, vol. 61, no. 1-2, 1966; Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development -- no.246.
Publisher: Society for Research in Child Development
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
Subjects: Cognition in children; Thought and thinking; Knowledge, Theory of, in children
Description: This monograph presents a theory of conceptual development, the main construct of which is the "central conceptual structure". These structures are defined as networks of semantic nodes and relations which represent children's core knowledge and which can be applied to a full range of tasks in a given domain. Comprehensive cross-cultural testing of model structures and a six-year programme of instructional research show how the transformation of these central conceptual structures have a powerful influence on subsequent knowledge acquisition. The work should interest cognitive scientists, educational psychologists and child development specialists.