Growing minds : building strong cognitive foundations in early childhood /
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| Imprint: | Washington, D.C. : National Association for the Education of Young Children, 2012. |
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| Description: | viii, 148 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8626394 |
Table of Contents:
- Part I: Cognitive development from birth through age 8
- Cognitive development in the first three years of life / Zero to Three
- Cognitive development in the preschool years / Heather Biggar Tomlinson & Marilou Hyson
- Cognitive development in the kindergarten year / Heather Biggar Tomlinson
- Cognitive development in the primary grades / Heather Biggar Tomlinson
- Becoming enthusiastic and engaged / Marilou Hyson
- Part II: Approaches for promoting cognitive development in the early childhood classroom
- Section 1: Symbolic thought in the early years
- Chopsticks and counting chips: do play and foundational skills need to compete for the teacher's attention in an early childhood classroom? / Elena Bodrova & Deborah J. Leong
- Moving into uncertainty: sculpture with 3- to 5-year-olds / Carol Anne Wien with Bobbi-Lynn Keating, Annette Coates Comeau, & Barbara Bigelow
- Building foundations for spatial literacy in early childhood / Susan L. Golbeck
- Section 2: Executive function and the development of self-regulation
- Recognizing and supporting the development of self-regulation in young children / Martha B. Bronson
- Thinking out loud: development of private speech and the implications for school success and self-control / Becky A. Bailey & Carolyn Brookes
- How planning and reflection develop young children's thinking skills / Ann S. Epstein
- Developing self-regulation in kindergarten: can we keep all the crickets in the basket? / Elena Bodrova & Deborah J. Leong
- Section 3: Higher order, complex thinking
- Let's SQUiNK about it! A metacognitive approach to exploring text in a second grade classroom / Karen Capraro
- From high chair to high school: research-based principles for teaching complex thinking / Roland Tharp & Susan Entz
- Science in kindergarten / Ingrid Chalufour & Karen Worth.
