Kurt Fischer
Outline of Talk
Robbie Case as Theorist, Practitioner, and Colleague: Central Conceptual Structures
Robbie Case's important contributions to cognitive development and education
will go on for many years, continuing his integration of theory, research, and practice.
One of his most important, lasting contributions is the concept of central conceptual
structures a broad, generalizable organization for thought and action that children
construct and use. With this concept, he went against his own claim that he would
study the rational, logical structures of human intelligence and avoid the messy
problem of variability. Central conceptual structures explain consistency and broad
generalization, a problem that Piagetians, behaviorists, and cognitive scientists have
been unable to solve in decades of research.
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