Böcker av David R. Olson

Essays examine how culture, social interaction, and human relations affect the development of language and thought in children.

This revised text examines the developing representation and use of diagonals in the context of cognitive development. It examines issues such as conceptual development, conceptual change, and stage-like transitions in one's knowledge and belief.

Learning to read and write affects the way we think. David Olson here provides a historical and developmental account of the ways in which writing and reading have contributed to our modern understandings of language, nature and mind.