Arguments over the developmental origins of human knowledge are ancient, founded in the writings of Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, and Kant. They have also persisted long enough to become a core area of inquiry in cognitive and developmental science. Empirical contributions to these debates, however, appeared only in the last century, when Jean Piaget offered the first viable theory of knowledge acquisition that centered on the great themes discussed by Kant: object, space, time, and causality. The essence of Piaget's theory is constructivism: The building of concepts from simpler perceptual and cognitive precursors, in particular from experience gained through manual behaviors and observation.The constructivist view was disputed by a generation of researchers dedicated to the idea of the "competent infant," endowed with knowledge (say, of permanent objects) that emerged prior to facile manual behaviors. Taking this possibility further, it has been proposed that many fundamental cognitive mechanisms -- reasoning, event prediction, decision-making, hypothesis testing, and deduction -- operate independently of all experience, and are, in this sense, innate. The competent-infant view has an intuitive appeal, attested to by its widespread popularity, and it enjoys a kind of parsimony: It avoids the supposed philosophical pitfall posed by having to account for novel forms of knowledge in inductive learners. But this view leaves unaddressed a vital challenge: to understand the mechanisms by which new knowledge arises.This challenge has now been met. The neoconstructivist approach is rooted in Piaget's constructivist emphasis on developmental mechanisms, yet also reflects modern advances in our understanding of learning mechanisms, cortical development, and modeling. This book brings together, for the first time, theoretical views that embrace computational models and developmental neurobiology, and emphasize the interplay of time, experience, and cortical architecture to explain emergent knowledge, with an empirical line of research identifying a set of general-purpose sensory, perceptual, and learning mechanisms that guide knowledge acquisition across different domains and through development.

Neoconstructivism: The New Science of Cognitive Development

Science & Math

Johnson, Scott

Behavioral Sciences

Oxford University Press

Todd Bannister, a brilliant young pitching prospect, must find the courage and determination to pitch again after a line drive strikes him in the face and leaves him with a glass eye.

Safe at Second (Novel)

Teen & Young Adult

Literature & Fiction

Philomel Books

Anyone can run a blog (an online journal). From personal diaries to political commentary and technology observations, bloggers are making their voices heard around the world. Essential Blogging helps you select the right blogging software for your needs and show how to get your blog up and running. You'll learn the ingredients of a successful blog, and then get detailed installation, configuration and operation instructions for the leading blogging software: Blogger, Radio Userland, Movable Type, and Blosxom. After showing you how to acquire, set-up, and run these leading software packages, Essential Blogging takes you through the more advanced features, so that by the time you finish, you'll be up and blogging with the best of them. Essential Blogging covers: the important components of a blog and a blog post installing and configuring the tools a survey of desktop blogging clients advice and experience from real-world bloggers hosted blogging with Blogger and Blogger Pro desktop blogging with Radio Userland server blogging with Movable Type posting, editing, and deleting blog entries adding pictures to blog entries syndicating your stories with Rss consuming Rss feeds with Radio Userland customizing the appearance of your blog with templates managing and customizing archives of blog entries adding comments to your blog self-hosting your blog vs using a blog-hosting service going under the hood with the Blosxom blogging system Written by prominent bloggers and authors of blogging tools, Essential Blogging is a no-nonsense guide to the technology of blogging.

Essential Blogging: Selecting and Using Weblog Tools

Computers & Technology

DOCTOROW, CORY

Powers, Shelley

Dornfest, Rael

Trott, Benjamin

Trott, Mena G.

Web Development & Design

O'Reilly Media

Safe at Second

Demco Media

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Paulie Lockwood's best friend Todd Bannister is destined for the major leagues until a line drive to the head causes him to lose an eye and both must find a new future for themselves.

Safe At Second (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

Children's Books

Turtleback Books

Eric is tired of being a nobody and becomes one of "Marty's Boys," but when Marty's pranks become more and more hostile, it takes a homeless man to help Eric find the courage to break free from the pack.

One of the Boys

Atheneum

Todd Bannister has it all: a fastball made for the majors, scouts lining up at his door, a beautiful girlfriend, and his best friend Paulie--his number one fan. It seems nothing can stop the bright future that lies ahead. But all it takes is one line drive--and Todd takes it square in the face, and loses an eye. Things are different now. Will Todd have the strength to give up his old dreams and move on? Will Paulie? Scott Johnson weaves a masterful tale about what happens after the big game in this engrossing coming-of-age story.

Safe At Second

Puffin Books

Approach the new MCSE 2000 exam with added confidence by reviewing with MCSE Exam Notes: Windows 2000 Server. Not a cram guide or cheat sheet, this innovative review guide provides objective-by-objective coverage of all the material you need to know for the exam, singling out critical information, outlining necessary procedures, identifying exam essentials, and providing sample questions. It's the perfect companion piece to the MCSE: Windows 2000 Server Study Guide.

MCSE: Windows (R) 2000 Server Exam Notes

Donald, Lisa

Chellis, James

Certification

Sybex, Inc.

This is an updated edition of Sybex's lab manual for the A+ certification sponsored by CompTIA (Computing Technology Industry Association). A+ certifies the competency of service technicians in the computer industry. Revised exams are due out Q4 of this year. A+ candidates must pass two exams—Core Hardware and Operating System Technologies. The new hardware exam will cover latest memory, bus, peripheral &amp; wireless technology and the new O/S exam will include added coverage of Windows Me &amp; XP.

A+ Complete Lab Manual, 3rd Edition

Evans, Donald R.

Sybex

Living seashells

Nature & Ecology

Oriental Pub Co

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