Active Learning from Infancy to Childhood Social Motivation, Cognition, and Linguistic Mechanisms /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Saylor, Megan M. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ganea, Patricia A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Developmental psychology.; Psycholinguistics.; Educational psychology.; Education-Psychology.; Developmental Psychology.; Educational Psychology.

This book presents new findings on the role of active learning in infants' and young children's cognitive and linguistic development. Chapters discuss evidence-based models, identify possible neurological mechanisms supporting active learning, pinpoint children's early understanding o...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part I. Foundations of Active Learning
• Chapter 1. Introduction: Children Propel their Development
• Chapter 2. Curious Learners: Infants' Motivation to Learn Shapes
• Chapter 3. Taking Center Stage: Infants' Active Role in Language Learning
• Part II: Cognitive and Linguistic Skills that Enable Active Learning
• Chapter 4. Curiosity, Exploration, and Children's Understanding of Learning
• Chapter 5. The Process of Active Word Learning
• Chapter 6. Understanding When and How Explanation Promotes Exploration
• Chapter 7. Explanation Scaffolds Causal Learning and Problem Solving in Childhood
• Part III. Epistemic Trust: Selectivity in Children's Learning
• Chapter 8. Insights into Children's Testimonial Reasoning
• Chapter 9. Mechanisms of Selective Word Learning: Evidence and Implications
• Chapter 10. The Role of Linguistic Testimony in Children's Belief in the Existence of the Unobservable
• Part IV. Active Learning in Diverse Contexts
• Chapter 11. How Conversations with Parents May Help Children Learn to Separate the Sheep from the Goats (and the Robots)
• Chapter 12. Choosing to Learn: Evidence Evaluation for Active Learning and Teaching in Early Childhood
• Chapter 13. Bilingual Children: Active Language Learners as Language Brokers. .