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Davy, John – Teachers College Record, 1984
The instructional computer program LOGO enables children to construct their own programs. This article presents an evaluation of LOGO and use of computers in education. The author discusses reasons why computer science belongs in high school rather than elementary school. (DF)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software

Sugarman, Susan – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1987
Argues that there are significant ways in which neither Piaget nor his successors in developmental psychology have adequately described the child's mind and how it changes. Proposes alternative guidelines for research that aims more directly at identifying essential constituent features of the child's mental reality. (PCB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Stages

Papadopoulos, Timothy C.; Panayiotou, Georgia; Spanoudis, George; Natsopoulos, Demetrios – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2005
This study examined the planning performance of children with attention deficits, and also investigated the possible interactions between inattention and anxiety in the performance of executive function tasks. A group of 98 children (grades 4 and 6), derived from an initial group of 550, were assigned to an attention difficulties group (AD) and a…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Anxiety, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Development

Commons, Michael Lamport; Trudeau, Edward James; Stein, Sharon Anne; Richards, Francis Asbury; Krause, Sharon R. – Developmental Review, 1998
Discusses hierarchical complexity of tasks as a way of conceptualizing information in terms of the power required to complete a task, and its implications for developmental psychology and information science. Provides an analytic solution to the definition of developmental stages and allows for the possibility within the science of scaling the…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Definitions
Brown, Ann L. – 1980
The current status of conceptions of learning in children is reviewed and some areas of neglect are considered in this paper. The main premise is that although considerable strides have been made in the understanding of the learning process, essential developmental formulations of growth and change have been poorly articulated. It is suggested…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension
Vaidya, N. – 1980
Research is described concerning a factor analytic view of adolescent thought in Piagetian context. Included are a description of Piagetian tasks used for determining stage of mental development, studies concerning Piagetian task factor analysis, and the current factorial structure of adolescent thought. (DS)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes
Franklin, Margery B. – 1999
Noting that children's play activities, particularly the development of dramatic scenarios, have been a central focus of developmental-interaction thinking over many decades, this paper explores the emphasis on play and the specific meanings accorded to it within this developmental-interaction tradition. The first part of the paper considers the…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes

Nurmi, Jari-Erik – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1993
Attempts to integrate recent models of social systems based on age and cognitive personality research with research on adolescence. Presents a conceptual model of how adolescents set personal goals, construct cognitive strategies, and evaluate their success in an age-graded sociocultural context. Discusses future directions for research based on…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Behavior Development, Cognitive Development