The study of children's thinking is an important area. Many studies are being produced and new ways of understanding their findings are proliferating. "The Child as Thinker" aims to provide an informed and accessible overview of this whole area. After a brief discussion of the nature and subject of cognition, Sara Meadows reviews what children's thinking is actually like, beginning with the ways they remember and organize information in general and the acquistion of skills such as reading, writing and arithmetic, as well as more complex reasoning and its development as they grow to maturity. While these studies typically describe a generalized child, Sara Meadows also reviews some of the main areas relevant to individual differences in normal cognitive development, and examines three major models of cognitive development. In outlining the work of Piaget, information-processing accounts and neo-Vygotskian theories, she also evaluates their different explanations of cognitive development and their implications for education. The latter part of the book examines biological and social factors informing normal and suboptimal cognitive development.

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