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Evolutionary Perspectives on Child Development and Education

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    Chapter 1 The Adaptive Value of Cognitive Immaturity: Applications of Evolutionary Developmental Psychology to Early Education
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    Chapter 2 Teaching: Natural or Cultural?
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    Chapter 3 Children’s Natural Ways of Educating Themselves Still Work: Even for the Three Rs
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    Chapter 4 Object Use in Childhood: Development and Possible Functions
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    Chapter 5 Guided Play: A Solution to the Play Versus Discovery Learning Dichotomy
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    Chapter 6 Eight Myths of Child Social Development: An Evolutionary Approach to Power, Aggression, and Social Competence
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    Chapter 7 Adolescent Bullying in Schools: An Evolutionary Perspective
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    Chapter 8 Fairness: What It Isn’t, What It Is, and What It Might Be For
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    Chapter 9 Evolution and Children’s Cognitive and Academic Development
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    Chapter 10 Adaptive Memory: Fitness-Relevant “Tunings” Help Drive Learning and Remembering
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    Chapter 11 Adapting Evolution Education to a Warming Climate of Teaching and Learning
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    Chapter 12 Cognitive Load Theory, Evolutionary Educational Psychology, and Instructional Design
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    Chapter 13 Beyond Academic Performance: The Effects of an Evolution-Informed School Environment on Student Performance and Well-being
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    Chapter 14 Erratum to: Chapter 5 Guided Play: A Solution to the Play Versus Learning Dichotomy
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Chapter title
Guided Play: A Solution to the Play Versus Discovery Learning Dichotomy
Chapter number 5
Book title
Evolutionary Perspectives on Child Development and Education
Published by
Springer International Publishing, April 2016
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-29986-0_5
Book ISBNs
978-3-31-929984-6, 978-3-31-929986-0
Authors

Tamara Spiewak Toub, Vinaya Rajan, Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Toub, Tamara Spiewak, Rajan, Vinaya, Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick, Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy

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David C. Geary, Daniel B. Berch

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Denmark 1 2%
Unknown 46 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 6 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 6 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 13%
Lecturer 5 11%
Student > Bachelor 5 11%
Other 10 21%
Unknown 9 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 13 28%
Psychology 13 28%
Arts and Humanities 1 2%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 1 2%
Computer Science 1 2%
Other 6 13%
Unknown 12 26%