The Development of Mental Processing: Efficiency, Working Memory, and ThinkingISBN: 978-1-4051-0874-4
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184 pages
September 2002, Wiley-Blackwell
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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 capacity.
Maria Platsidou received her Ph.D. from Aristotle
University of Thessaloniki, Greece. She is an assistant professor
of psychology at the University of Macedonia, Greece. Her research
focuses on moral and intellectual development. She published a
number of articles in scholarly journals, including The
Architecture and Dynamics of Developing Mind in the
Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development
(1993, Serial No. 234, with A. Demetriou and A. Efklides).
Kurt W. Fischer earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University.
He is Charles Bigelow Professor of Education and Human Development
and Director of Mind, Brain, and Education at the Harvard Graduate
School of Education. His research combines modeling and measurement
to understand how change and variation produce diverse pathways of
development and learning. Primary research directions include
dynamic growth modeling of change processes, measurement of
cognitive and emotional development, microdevelopmental change in
real-life learning situations, development in diverse cultures,
pathways to psychopathology, brain bases of cognitive change, and
pedagogical implications of knowledge about development of
cognition, emotion, and brain. Fischer is the author of numerous
books, monographs, and scientific articles.
Theo L. Dawson received her Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley. She is the director of the Developmental Assessment Project in the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1999 she received the APA Division 7 Outstanding Dissertation Award. Her research centers on life-span cognitive development, and she has special interests in the problem of measurement in developmental science, and in methods for modeling complex developmental processes.