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Development and assessment of cognitive structures
Author(s) -
Charlesworth William R.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
journal of research in science teaching
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.067
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1098-2736
pISSN - 0022-4308
DOI - 10.1002/tea.3660020311
Subject(s) - surprise , cognition , cognitive development , psychology , piaget's theory of cognitive development , cognitive psychology , cognitive science , mathematics education , social psychology , neuroscience
Approaches to the study of cognitive development and its assessment at the University of Minnesota are presented in this paper by Charlesworth. Using Piaget's theory of cognitive development as a base, some intriguing experimentation with the “surprise response” as an indicator of cognitive developmental level are reported. Charlesworth also speculates about teachers' use of this approach to facilitate cognitive development.