Understanding How Young Children Learn: Bringing the Science of Child Development to the Classroom

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Human beings are born to learn. During the last few decades, developmental science has exploded with discoveries of how, specifically, learning happens. This provides us with an unprecedented window into children′s minds: how and when they begin to think, perceive, understand, and apply knowledge.

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction to Learning, Teaching, and Developmental Science

Understanding Children's Motivation

Understanding Children's Attention

Understanding Children's Memory

About the authors

Wendy L. Ostroff, PhD, is a developmental and cognitive psychologist and a professor at the Hutchins School of Liberal Studies at Sonoma State University, a seminar-based program that prepares prospective teachers and emphasizes critical reading, writing, and thinking.

Dr. Ostroff has been designing and teaching interdisciplinary courses on child development, learning, and education for the past 15 years, and she offers workshops on applying child development research for scientists and practitioners.