A Design for Development:

 The Legacy of Robbie Case
 
October 6 and 7, 2000
 
Croft Chapter House & Rm.179
University College
University of Toronto

 Kurt Fischer


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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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