How Children Think and Learn: The Social Contexts of Cognitive Development (Understanding Children's Worlds)

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Summary: This shouldn't be a textbook!
Review: In this book, David Wood exhibits a wealth of information, and leaves us no doubt of his research and knowledge. However, this information is arranged in an ambiguous, haphazard manner, which makes it very difficult for the reader to sift out specific material. He incorporates his own views into those of his references, and the outcome is a very confusing, un-reader-friendly text.

If you are intending to purchase this book as a textbook for your studies in Psychology, I strongly urge you to reconsider. There are many other texts which provide a far clearer and more concise package of information, with much less unnecessary rambling. However, if you are looking to buy a book merely for the purpose of general knowledge or interest, without having to take an examination on the topic, then this may be a suitable book for you. Still, you will need to be really determined to read this book, otherwise you will probably be defeated by its dullness and lack of clarity.