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David R. Olson
Researcher at University of Toronto
Publications - 162
Citations - 10985
David R. Olson is an academic researcher from University of Toronto. The author has contributed to research in topics: Literacy & Reading (process). The author has an hindex of 48, co-authored 159 publications receiving 10818 citations. Previous affiliations of David R. Olson include University of Western Ontario & Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.
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Developing theories of mind
TL;DR: A collection of empirical reports and conceptual analysis by leading researchers examines the fundamental change that occurs in children's cognition between the ages of two and six as mentioned in this paper, concluding that children's cognitive development changes significantly between the two ages.
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From Utterance to Text: The Bias of Language in Speech and Writing
TL;DR: Olson as mentioned in this paper argues that these conflicts are rooted in differing assumptions about the relation of meaning to language: whether meaning is extrinsic to language or intrinsic, a relation he calls "text." On both the individual and cultural levels there has been development from language as utterance to language as text.
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Cultural learning. Author's reply
Kim A. Bard,S. Baron-Cohen,B. J. Moore,Christophe Boesch,S. Braten,Jerome S. Bruner,Richard W. Byrne,J. Collier,Ellice A. Forman,L. M. Gabora,A. I. Goldman,Juan Carlos Gómez,Alison Gopnik,Andrew N. Meltzoff,R. L. Harwood,M. D. Hauser,C. M. Heyes,R. P. Hobson,T. Ingold,B. J. King,A. S. Lillard,P. Midford,R. W. Mitchell,David R. Olson,Janet Wilde Astington,P. Renshaw,Barbara Rogoff,Pablo Chavajay,Eugene Matusov,B. Schneuwly,C. Trevarthen,L. C. Uzgiris,B. van Oers,B. M. Velichkovsky,Andrew Whiten,T. Wynn,Michael Tomasello,Ann Cale Kruger,Hilary Horn Ratner +38 more
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The World on Paper: The Conceptual and Cognitive Implications of Writing and Reading
TL;DR: This chapter discusses literacy and the conceptual revolutions of Classical Greece and Renaissance Europe, and the making of the literate mind.
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The Handbook of education and human development : new models of learning, teaching, and schooling
David R. Olson,Nancy Torrance +1 more
TL;DR: Olson et al. as discussed by the authors re-thought the role of psychology in education, and proposed a re-thinking of psychology as a role in education. And they used folk psychology and folk pedagogy.