Kurt W. Fischer

Kurt W. Fischer ( born June 9, 1943 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA) is an American sociologist and theoretician of development.

Kurt W. Fischer acquired in 1971 from Harvard University with a Ph.D. degree in sociology. He taught at the University of Denver since 1986 at Harvard University.

His most significant contribution to the development of psychology is the Neo - Piagetianische theory of "dynamic skill development " (dynamic skill theory ).

Writings

  • Battro, AM, Fischer, KW, & Lena, P. ( Eds. ), Visual learning and the brain: Lessons from dyslexia. Mind, Brain, and Education, 1 ( 3), 127-137. (2008)
  • Fischer, K. W., & Immordino - Yang, M.H. The fundamental, importance of the brain and learning for education. In Jossey -Bass reader on the brain and learning (pp. xvii -xi ). San Francisco: Jossey -Bass. (2008)
  • Coch, D., Dawson, G., & Fischer, K. W. (Eds.). Human behavior, learning, and the Developing Brain: Atypical development ( 2nd ed ). New York: Guilford. (2007). ISBN 978-1-59385-137-8
  • Coch, D., Fischer, K. W., & Dawson, G. ( Eds.). Human behavior, learning, and the Developing Brain: Normal development ( 2nd ed ). New York: Guilford. (2007). ISBN 978-1-60623-968-1
  • Fischer, KW, & Fusaro, M.. Using student interests to motivate learning. In RP Fink & J. Samuels (Eds.), Inspiring success: interest and motivation in Reading at age of high-stakes testing (pp. 62-74 ). Newark DE: International Reading Association. (2007)
  • Fischer, KW, Bernstein, JH, & Immordino - Yang, MH ( Eds.). Mind, brain, and education in reading disorders. U.K. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (2007). ISBN 978-1-107-60322-6
  • Fischer, KW, Daniel, D., Immordino - Yang, MH, Stern, E., Battro, A. & Koizumi, H.. Why Mind, Brain, and Education? Why Now? Mind, Brain, and Education, 1 ( 1), 1-2. (2007)
  • Fischer, KW, & Bidell, TR. Dynamic development of action, thought, and emotion. In RM Lerner ( Ed. ), Handbook of child psychology. Vol 1: Theoretical models of human development ( 6th ed, pp 313-399. ). New York: Wiley. (2006)
  • Schwartz, MS, & Fischer, KW. Useful metaphors for tackling problems in teaching and learning. About Campus, 11 ( 1), 2-9. (2006)
  • Fischer, K. W. (1980). A theory of cognitive development: the control and construction of hierarchies of skills. Psychological Review, 87, 477-531.
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