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Author Howe, Christine, author

Title Conceptual Structure in Childhood and Adolescence : the Case of Everyday Physics / Christine Howe
Published Routledge, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (248 pages)
Series Psychology Revivals
Psychology revivals.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I Introduction; 1 Everyday physics and conceptual structure; The 'alternativeness' of everyday physics; The constraining of human cognition; 2 Rationale for a developmental perspective; Conceptualisation as an action-based phenomenon; A strategy for developmental research; Part II Heat transfer; 3 Temperature change and childhood theorising; Variables relevant to temperature change; Mechanisms of heat transfer
Transfer, transmission and variable selection4 The 'peripheral' case of changes of phase; Variables relevant to phase change; Phase, temperature and theoretical knowledge; Part III Propelled motion; 5 Encapsulated knowledge of horizontal motion; Speed and its governing variables; Force and horizontal motion; Internal forces, external forces and variable selection; 6 Horizontal and vertical motion compared; Downwards motion and vertical fall; Force and vertical motion; Part IV Object flotation; 7 Flotation in liquids and stage-like progression
Child-based and variable-based approaches to variable selectionTheories in the object-liquid interplay; 8 Flotation in gases or failure to fall; Pressure, density and variable selection; Theories in the object-gas interplay; Part V Conclusion; 9 An action-based theory of conceptual growth; Co-ordinations with linguistic representations; Preserving structure and losing content; 10 Action-based knowledge in a wider context; Sensitivity to topic area; Sensitivity to age or stage; Appendix; Notes; References; Index
Subject Concepts in children.
Concepts in adolescence.
Conceptual structures (Information theory)
Information theory in physics.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Adolescent.
Concepts in adolescence
Concepts in children
Conceptual structures (Information theory)
Information theory in physics
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317236030
1317236033