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Zusatztext "One has to be thankful and tremendously grateful for the time! energy! and thought that went into this longitudinal study ... for completing this enormous task! as well as for doing it so well." - David Elkind! in PsycCRITIQUES"This book will be of great interest to many scholars! educators and research scientists. ? The editors provide a very general and accessible 'map' for the reader. ? [It's] an important resource about longitudinal studies. ? The contributors are ? top-notch." - Melanie Killen! University of Maryland Informationen zum Autor Dr. Wolfgang Schneider is Vice-President of the Julius-Maximilians-University Wuerzburg and Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology. He was an original member of the research group assembled by the Founding Director of the Max-Plank-Institute for Psychological Research in 1982 and has been involved in the study for the entire length of the project. Dr. Merry Bullock is Senior Director for International Affairs at the American Psychological Association. She received her PhD in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1979. She is presently deputy secretary-general for the International Union of Psychological Science and a member of the National Academy of Sciences Board on International Science Organizations. Klappentext First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung Data generated from longitudinal studies paint a rich and varied picture of development and allow researchers to understand how context and experience interact with stable characteristics of the developing person over time. This book represents an overview, description, and summary of a landmark longitudinal study of approximately 200 children. Inhaltsverzeichnis M. Bullock, W. Schneider , Introduction and Overview: Goals and Structure of LOGIC. W. Schneider, J. Stefanek, F. Niklas , Development of Intelligence and Thinking. J. Ahnert, W. Schneider, K. Bos Developmental Changes and Individual Stability of Motor Abilities from Preschool to Young Adulthood. W. Schneider, M. Knopf, B. Sodian , Verbal Memory Development from Early Childhood to Early Adulthood. G. Nunner-Winkler , Moral Motivation from Childhood to Early Adulthood. J.B. Asendorpf, J.J.A. Denissen, M.A.G. van Aken , Personality Trajectories from Early Childhood through Emerging Adulthood. F.W. Schrader, A. Helmke , Development of Self-confidence from Adolescence to Early Adulthood. M. Bullock, B. Sodian, S. Koerber , Doing Experiments and Understanding Science: Development of Scientific Reasoning from Childhood to Adulthood. W. Schneider , The Development of Reading and Spelling: Relevant Precursors, Developmental Changes and Individual Differences. E. Stern , The Development of Mathematical Competencies: Sources of Individual Differences and their Developmental Trajectories. W. Schneider, M. Bullock , Epilogue: Problems and Potentials of the Munich Longitudinal Study. Bibliography of Publications Stemming from the LOGIC Project. ...
