"An explanation of where children's scientific intuitions come from and how they can be nurtured. Intended not just for scholars but science teachers and enthusiasts as well"--
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Cambridge (Massachusetts)
USA
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Höhe: 235 mm
Breite: 155 mm
Dicke: 31 mm
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978-0-262-04649-7 (9780262046497)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Frank C. Keil is Charles C. & Dorathea S. Dilley Professor of Psychology at Yale University, where he is also a member of the Cognition and Development Lab. He is the author of Developmental Psychology: The Growth of Mind and Behavior and other books.
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
I The Cognitive Gifts of Childhood
1 The Puzzle and the Promise 3
2 Early Exploration and Discovery 21
3 Working with Others 43
4 The Mechanistic Mind 73
II The Big Sleep: Weakening Wonder
5 Developmental Disconnects 105
6 Motivational Muddles 137
III Disengagement and Its Discontents
7 Seductive Detours 169
8 It's a Wonderless Life 195
9 Great Reawakenings 221
Notes 253
Index 295
