The Development of Mental Processing Efficiency, Working Memory, and Thinking Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development Series

Langue : Anglais

Coordonnateurs : Christou Constantinos, Spanoudis George, Demetriou Andreas, Platsidou Maria

Couverture de l’ouvrage The Development of Mental Processing

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Biographie

The Development of Mental Processing integrates several psychological approaches in order to create a more comprehensive theoretical system. This system is tested through a longitudinal study of children 8 to 16 years of age, where findings show that it is ones efficiency at processing information, which has the greatest impact on the development of the working memory. This working memory, in turn, becomes the underlying factor determining individual differences in thinking.

Study presenting a developing comprehensive theorhetical system and showing its evolution.
Includes commentary by Kurt Fischer and Theo Dawson.
An interesting monograph for both students and researchers about the process of theory creation as much as the study's findings.

Abstract.

1. Introduction.

2. The Study Methods.

3. Results: The Architecture of the Mind.

4. Results: The Development of Processing Efficiency.

5. Results: Specifying Patterns of Change by Growth Modeling.

6. Results: Specifying Patterns of Change by Logistic Equations.

7. Toward an Overarching Theory.

Appendixes.

References.

Acknowledgments.

Commentary: A New Kind of Developmental Science: Using Models to Integrate Theory and Research: Kurt W. Fischer and Theo L. Dawson.

Contributors.

Statement of Editorial Policy.

Andreas Demetriou received his Ph.D. from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He is a professor or psychology and the Vice-Rector of the University of Cyprus. He is a member of the governing boards of several national institutions, including the Research Promotion Foundation and the Cyprus Scholarship Authority. He sits on the editorial board of several journals, including Developmental Science and Learning and Instruction: The Journal of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction. His research focuses on life-span cognitive development. Currently he studies the relationships between intellectual, self, and personality development. He is the author or coauthor of more than 120 publications, including The Architecture and Dynamics of Developing Mind in the Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development (1993, Serial No. 234, wiht A. Efklides and M. Platsidou), Life-Span Developmental Psychology (1998, Wiley, with W. Doise, and C.F.M. van Lieashout), and Unity and Modularity in the Mind and Self (2001, Routledge, with S. Kazi).

Constantinos Christou received his Ph.D. from the University of Toledo, Ohio, USA. He is an associate professor of mathematics education at the University of Cyprus and the vice-chairman of the Department of Education. His research focuses on the cognitive development of mathematical concepts. Currently he studies the effects of memory and information processing on the development of students' abilities in problem solving. He is the author or coauthor of 70 publications and is on the editorial board of the Mediterranean Journal of Mathematics Education.

George Spanoudis received his M.A. from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He is a tutor and doctoral student at the University of Cyprus. His research focuses on the development of the child's theory of mind and the development of processing capaci