Includes bibliographical references and index.

How can we think about young children’s thinking? -- Theories of cognitive development : learning to think and thinking to learn -- The social, cultural, and emotional contexts of thinking and understanding -- The developing brain -- Knowing about the mind : theory of mind, self-regulation, and metacognition -- Observing, describing, and documenting children’s thinking and understanding -- Language, communication, and thought -- Knowing about the world : the development of children’s concepts -- Young children’s visual thinking -- Approaches to developing young children’s thinking and understanding.