Saturday, September 24, 2011

Healers of Intelligence

Kurt Fischer and Todd Rose wrote the chapter in The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence about Intelligence in Childhood.  They present a theory of Dynamic Assessment and Dynamic Skill theory of intelligence.  The idea is that the way in which children solve problems is very influenced by the situation and the specific demands of the task.  They introduce other theories of intelligence, as well.  They are certainly of the opinion that there is a lot you can do to help students to be better problem solvers.  They give information about a study by Fischer and Catharine Knight that shows different routes a child might take to becoming a reader.  I quickly found a link to the article involved.  It is here.  That never would have happened in 1971.  I'd still be looking for the article.  Anyway, they also expand their theory to emotional problem solving in an interesting way.  Check this stuff out!

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