Critical Readings on Piaget

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Tables xi
• Figures xiii
• Foreword xv
• Chronological Table of Reprinted Papers xvii
• Foreword to Jean Piaget: Critical Assessments xix
• Chronological Table of Reprinted Articles in Jean Piaget: Critical Assessments xxiii
• Chapter 1 - Piaget’s First Theory of Equilibrium (1918) 1
• Chapter 2 - Learning and Adaptation in the Theory of Constructivism 20
• Chapter 3 - Jean Piaget: the Unknown Sociologist? 28
• Chapter 4 - Values, Knowledge, and Piaget 51
• Chapter 5 - An Exploration of Long-Term Far-Transfer Effects Following an Extended Intervention Program in the High School Science Curriculum 66
• Chapter 6 - The Acquisition of Conceptual Knowledge in Science by Primary School Children 97
• Chapter 7 - Thinking as Argument 120
• References 145

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Tables xi
• Figures xiii
• Foreword xv
• Chronological Table of Reprinted Papers xvii
• Foreword to Jean Piaget: Critical Assessments xix
• Chronological Table of Reprinted Articles in Jean Piaget: Critical Assessments xxiii
• Chapter 1 - Piaget’s First Theory of Equilibrium (1918) 1
• Chapter 2 - Learning and Adaptation in the Theory of Constructivism 20
• Chapter 3 - Jean Piaget: the Unknown Sociologist? 28
• Chapter 4 - Values, Knowledge, and Piaget 51
• Chapter 5 - An Exploration of Long-Term Far-Transfer Effects Following an Extended Intervention Program in the High School Science Curriculum 66
• Chapter 6 - The Acquisition of Conceptual Knowledge in Science by Primary School Children 97
• Chapter 7 - Thinking as Argument 120
• References 145
• Chapter 8 - The Microgenetic Method 147
• Chapter 9 - Piaget and Measurement II 178
• References 205
• Chapter 10 - Higher-Order Structure and Relational Reasoning 209
• Chapter 11 - A Life Span Approach to Object Permanence 229
• Chapter 12 - Magic 244
• Chapter 13 - Conditional Reasoning with False Premises 266
• Chapter 14 - The Ontology of Order 279
• Notes 308
• Chapter 15 - Children and Arithmetic 312
• Chapter 16 - Representation and Reasoning in Early Numerical Development 347
• Chapter 17 - Beyond Competence and Performance 376
• Chapter 18 - The Development of Metalogical Understanding 396
• References 414
• Chapter 19 - Judgements and Justifications 416
• Chapter 20 - The Cognitive Basis of Uncertainty 443
• Chapter 21 - Proof Construction 461
• Conclusion 478
• Index 522