cognition in children

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cognition in children

A Piaget primer

how a child thinks
1996
Summarizes the research and findings of twentieth-century child psychologist Jean Piaget who worked to identify and describe the stages of a person's intellectual maturation from childhood to adulthood.

Teaching visual literacy

using comic books, graphic novels, anime, cartoons, and more to develop comprehension and thinking skills
2008
A collection of nine essays that describes strategies for teaching visual literacy by using graphic novels, comics, anime, political cartoons, and picture books.

Tools for engagement

managing emotional states for learner success
2003
Offers teachers more than 150 activities and tools designed to improve students' moods, energy levels, and emotional states in the classroom in order to facilitate learning.

Music makes the difference

2000
Collects eleven essays on music and young children, academic achievement, and the intrinsic value of music education, with information on print and online resources.

In search of understanding

the case for constructivist classrooms
1999

Integrating & sustaining habits of mind

2000
The fourth in a series of books about sixteen types of intelligent behavior known as habits of mind, describing strategies for integrating habits of mind into the culture and daily life of the school.

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