Berger Childhood and Adolescence 5e © 1999 Worth Publishers Chapter 12 The School Years: Cognitive Development Remembering, Knowing, and Processing –Information-Processing Theory Steps in the Thinking Process –Improvements in Memory Selective Attention Processing Speed and Capacity Patterns and Habits –The Growth of Knowledge –Improvements in Control Processes Storage and Retrieval Strategies

Berger Childhood and Adolescence 5e © 1999 Worth Publishers Chapter 12 The School Years: Cognitive Development Concrete Operational Thought –Three Logical Principles A Case Study: Selling Lemonade –Classifying Objects, Ideas, and People –Critical Thinking Language –The Growth of Vocabulary –Mastery of Grammar –The Development of Code Switching Formal and Informal Codes

Berger Childhood and Adolescence 5e © 1999 Worth Publishers Chapter 12 The School Years: Cognitive Development Language, continued –Second-Language Learners Strategies for Teaching Another Language Success and Failure A Case Study: Gains and Losses of Immersion Goals and Limitations Thinking, Learning, and Schooling –Evaluating Differences in Cognitive Growth Tests of Potential –Problems with IQ Tests –Multiple Intelligences –Tests of Accomplishment

Berger Childhood and Adolescence 5e © 1999 Worth Publishers Chapter 12 The School Years: Cognitive Development Thinking, Learning, and Schooling, continued –Developmental Theory in the Classroom –Schooling and Cultural Values