{"product_id":"children-solving-problems-stephanie-thornton-9780674116245","title":"Children Solving Problems","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 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 \u003ci\u003eChildren Solving Problems\u003c\/i\u003e, Stephanie Thornton surveys recent research from a broad range of perspectives in order to explore this important question. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat Thornton finds may come as a surprise: successful problem-solving depends less on how smart we are--or, as the pioneering psychologist Jean Piaget claimed, how advanced our skill in logical reasoning is--and more on the factual knowledge we acquire as we learn and interpret cues from the world around us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProblem-solving skills evolve through experience and dynamic interaction with a problem. But equally important--as the Russian psychologist L. S. Vygotsky proposed--is social interaction. Successful problem-solving is a social process. Sharing problem-solving tasks--with skilled adults and with other children--is vital to a child's growth in expertise and confidence. In problem-solving, confidence can be more important than skill. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a real sense, problem-solving lies at the heart of what we mean by intelligence. The ability to identify a goal, to work out how to achieve it, and to carry out that plan is the essence of every intelligent activity. Could it be, Thornton suggests, that problem-solving processes provide the fundamental machinery for cognitive development? In \u003ci\u003eChildren Solving Problems\u003c\/i\u003e she synthesizes the dramatic insights and findings of post-Piagetian research and sets the agenda for the next stage in understanding the varied phenomena of children's problem-solving.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephanie Thornton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674116240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674116245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/14\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.16h x 5.24w x 0.44d","brand":"Stephanie Thornton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443608334591,"sku":"9780674116245","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d264bb3d-6140-4488-9ace-def738c5a8d8.jpg?v=1777206593","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/children-solving-problems-stephanie-thornton-9780674116245","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}