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Jerome Bruner

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Jerome Bruner

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Also known as Jerome Seymour Bruner, Jerome S. Bruner, J. S. Bruner

American psychologist and scholar

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Jerome Bruner (1915–2016) was an author whose works include *Semiótica, cultura y desarrollo psicológico*, *La educación, puerta de la cultura*, *La fabrica de historias*, *Azzano Crossing Boundaries*, and *Toward a Theory of Instruction*. Open Library lists ten works associated with him, while Crossref records five.

He was recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection. His name appears in 706 other encyclopedia articles.

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Person · Open Library

Works
10

Top works

  • Semiótica, cultura y desarrollo psicológico
  • La educación, puerta de la cultura
  • La fabrica de historias
  • Azzano Crossing Boundaries
  • Toward a Theory of Instruction

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Listeners · Last.fm

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Total plays
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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. The Elements of Statistical Learning

    · 2009 · cited 23,150x

  2. Greedy function approximation: A gradient boosting machine.

    · 2001 · cited 21,655x

  3. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

    · 2001 · cited 18,613x

  4. Regularization Paths for Generalized Linear Models via Coordinate Descent

    · 2010 · cited 14,354x

  5. Development and validation of a geriatric depression screening scale: A preliminary report

    · 1982 · cited 11,174x

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Key facts

Born
Jerome Seymour Bruner , ( 1915-10-01 ) October 1, 1915, New York City, New York , U.S.
Died
June 5, 2016 (2016-06-05) (aged 100), Manhattan, New York City , New York, U.S.
Alma mater
Duke University Harvard University
Known for
Contributions to cognitive psychology and educational psychology , Coining the term " scaffolding "
Awards
E. L. Thorndike Award (1981) , Balzan Prize (1987) , CIBA Gold Medal for Distinguished Research Distinguished Scientific Award of the American Psychological Association
Fields
Psychology
Institutions
Harvard University New York University University of Oxford
Thesis
A psychological analysis of international radio broadcasts of belligerent nations (1941)
Doctoral advisor
Gordon Allport
Doctoral students
Susan Carey Howard Gardner Edward E. Jones Alan M. Leslie Dan Slobin Roy Pea Andrew N. Meltzoff Alison Gopnik
Website
www .psych .nyu .edu /bruner /

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Encyclopedic overview

Jerome Seymour Bruner (October 1, 1915 – June 5, 2016) was an American psychologist who made significant contributions to human cognitive psychology and cognitive learning theory in educational psychology. Bruner was a senior research fellow at the New York University School of Law. He received a BA in 1937 from Duke University and a PhD from Harvard University in 1941. He taught and conducted research at Harvard University, the University of Oxford, and New York University. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Bruner as the 28th most cited psychologist of the 20th century.

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