Blueprints for Thinking

The Role of Planning in Cognitive Development

Sarah L Friedman editor Rodney R Cocking editor Ellin Kofsky Scholnick editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:24th Apr '87

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Blueprints for Thinking cover

Planning is an important human ability that guides behaviour and thereby complements instinctual fixed action patterns. How do people learn to plan? How do they develop the various skills that are implied by planfulness? This volume explores these questions as well as the concept of planning and its relationships to the concepts of problem-solving and organizational skills. The editors of this volume have drawn upon an international cadre of scholars to discuss the issues of planning and planful behaviours from a broad range of perspectives. The volume offers a comprehensive review and critical analysis of research and theory on the development of planning ability. Cognitive and developmental psychologists, educational researchers, and students hitherto frustrated by the complexity of the thinking about planning and fragmentation of the literature will find Blueprints for Thinking an invaluable resource.

"To summarize, Blueprints for Thinking provides an important preliminary effort at broadening the scope of our understanding of planning." Contemporary Psychology

ISBN: 9780521256056

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 37mm

Weight: 1010g

576 pages