ABSTRACT
This chapter explores a way for mappings and integration among diverse studies of microdevelopment. The analysis shows reiterative sequences that skim, or recreate, the ontogenetic pathway. Analysis of the data also shows that dense fluctuations among levels form bridging transitions toward a higher level. The notion that developmental processes are fractal in nature is suggested as a basis for such cross-study mappings. Process-oriented research has created a paradigm shift, as described by Thomas Kuhn, in the study of development and learning. Variability in an individual’s levels of a developmental indicator within the same time frame is the most consistent and prominent finding of process-oriented studies, and is an inherent attribute of change. Change point analysis can identify points at which there is a significant change in the statistical distributions. Analysis of the participants’ solutions of the puzzle indeed showed recurrent parsing of the time duration data by change points.
