Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Development
- The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Development
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Neurobiological Constraints and Laws of Cognitive Development
- Part II Fundamentals of Cognitive Development from Infancy to Adolescence and Young Adulthood
- Part III Education and School-Learning Domains
- 25 Linking Cognitive Neuroscientific Research to Educational Practice in the Classroom
- 26 Literacy
- 27 Reasoning in Mathematical Development
- 28 Children’s Scientific Reasoning Skills in Light of General Cognitive Development
- 29 Working Memory Training
- 30 Interventions for Improving Executive Functions during Development
- 31 Curiosity-Driven Learning in Development
- 32 Neurocomputational Methods
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
31 - Curiosity-Driven Learning in Development
Computational Theories and Educational Applications
from Part III - Education and School-Learning Domains
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 February 2022
Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Development
- The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Development
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Neurobiological Constraints and Laws of Cognitive Development
- Part II Fundamentals of Cognitive Development from Infancy to Adolescence and Young Adulthood
- Part III Education and School-Learning Domains
- 25 Linking Cognitive Neuroscientific Research to Educational Practice in the Classroom
- 26 Literacy
- 27 Reasoning in Mathematical Development
- 28 Children’s Scientific Reasoning Skills in Light of General Cognitive Development
- 29 Working Memory Training
- 30 Interventions for Improving Executive Functions during Development
- 31 Curiosity-Driven Learning in Development
- 32 Neurocomputational Methods
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Summary
The timing and ordering of learning experience play a critical role in developmental processes. To make sense and learn skills out of the initial “buzzy blooming confusion,” multiple mechanisms interact to canalize the infant through such ordered and progressively more complex learning experiences, harnessing the complexity of the world.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Development , pp. 644 - 661Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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