Understanding changes in time [electronic resource] : the development of diachronic thinking in 7- to 12-year-old children / Jacques Montangero ; with collaboration of Jean-Pierre Cattin ... [et al.] ; translated by Tim Pownall.
Language: English Original language: French Publication details: London ; Bristol, Pa. : Taylor & Francis, 1996.Description: vii, 195 p. : illISBN:- 9780203450574
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-191) and index.
ch. 1. Diachronic thinking : known facts and unanswered questions -- ch. 2. The development of the diachronic approach in children aged 7-8 to 11-12 : method and population -- ch. 3. The evolution of conceptions of biological transformations (the growth and decay of trees) -- ch. 4. The diachronic approach and physical transformations -- ch. 5. Children as budding developmental psychologists -- ch. 6. The representation of changes associated with human activity which are not necessarily predictable -- ch. 7. General conclusions : the diachronic approach and diachronic thinking : their nature, development and importance for knowledge.
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Electronic reproduction. [London, Eng. : Taylor and Francis, 2012]. PDF file created from digital scan of print book.