Introduction to the young person's view of learning -- Perceptions and realities -- Importance of conceptual development -- Ambivalence about knowing: timothy and annie -- Overachieving and underachieving: two misunderstood children -- Cognition and communication -- Cognition and escape: school phobia -- Cognition and inhibition -- Cognition and overcoming inhibition -- Determination to learn.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-328) and index.