Problem Solving

This set of papers represents our efforts at adapting the theoretical and procedural approach ( of the Newell & Simon type) that was so influential in advancing our understanding of adult cognition to early problem solving skills in young children. The first paper listed here is my very first publication in a “real” psychology journal, and, in my mind, marks my transition from a researcher interested in adult decision making to a cognitive developmentalist.

Klahr, D., & Wallace, J. G. (1970). The development of serial completion strategies: An information processing analysis. British Journal of Psychology, 61, 243-257.

Klahr, D. (1978). Goal formation, planning, and learning by pre-school problem solvers, or: `My socks are in the dryer'. In R.S. Siegler (Ed.), Children's thinking: What develops? (pp. 181-212). Hillsdale , NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Klahr, D., & Robinson, M. (1981). Formal assessment of problem solving and planning processes in preschool children. Cognitive Psychology, 13, 113-148.

Carver, S.M. & Klahr, D. (1985) Developmental progress in the use of weak methods: from hill-climbing to subgoaling. Society for Research in Child Development, Biennial Meeting, Toronto, Canada.

Klahr, D. (1985). Solving problems with ambiguous subgoal ordering: Preschoolers' performance. Child Development, 56 , 940-952.
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