Children Solving Problems

by Stephanie Thornton

Book Overview

A one-year-old attempting to build a tower of blocks may bring the pile crashing down, yet her five-year-old sister accomplishes this task with ease. Why do young children have difficulty with problems that present no real challenge to older children? How do problem-solving skills develop? In Children Solving Problems, Stephanie Thornton surveys recent research from a broad range of perspectives in order to explore this important question...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674116240
• ISBN13: 9780674116245
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 8.2"