Major Books in Hungarian

Csapó, B. (2004). Tudás és iskola [Knowledge and school]. Budapest: Műszaki Kiadó.

Csapó, B. (2003). A képességek fejlődése és iskolai fejlesztése [The development of competencies and their improvement in a school context]. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó.

Csapó, B. (2002). (Ed.). Az iskolai műveltség [Literacy at school ]. Budapest: Osiris Kiadó.

Csapó, B. (1998). (Ed.). Az iskolai tudás [School knowledge]. Budapest: Osiris Kiadó.

Csapó, B. (1992). Kognitív pedagógia [Cognitive pedagogy]. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó.

Csapó, B. (1988). A kombinatív képesség struktúrája és fejlődése [Structure and development of combinative ability]. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó.

Csapó, B. (1988). A megtanító stratégiák hatékonysága a felsőoktatásban. Az 1980-86 közötti kísérlet eredményei [The efficiency of the mastery learning strategies in higher education. Results of the 1980-1986 experiment]. Budapest: MÉM.
 

Edited Books in English

Hamers J. H. M., van Luit  J. E. H. & Csapó B. (Eds.), (1999). Teaching and learning thinking skills. Lisse: Swets & Zeitlinger.

Renegar, S. L. & Csapó, B. (Eds.), (1997). Active learning strategies for higher education. Proceedings of the Regional Workshop on Higher Education. Szeged: JATEpress.
 

Selected Papers in English

Csapó, B. (2010). Goals of learning and the organization of knowledge. In: Klieme, E., Leutner, D. & Kenk, M. (Eds.). Kompetenzmodellierung. Zwischenbilanz des DFG-Schwerpunktprogramms und Perspektiven des Forschungsansatzes. 56. Beiheft der Zeitschrift für Pädagogik, (pp. 12-27). Weinheim u.a.: Beltz. [WWW]

Nikolov, M. & Csapó, B. (2010). The relationship between reading skills in early English as a foreign language and Hungarian as a first language. International Journal of Bilingualism, 14(3). 315-329. [WWW]

Csapó, B. & Nikolov, M. (2009). The cognitive contribution to the development of proficiency in a foreign language. Learning and Individual Differences, 19(2) 209-218.

Csapó, B. (2009). The scientific foundations of teaching and learning. In: Fazekas, K., Köllő, J. & Varga, J. (Eds.). Green book for the renewal of public education in Hungary, (pp. 227-244). Budapest: Ecostat.

Csapó, B. (2009). The second stage of public education and the Matura. In: Fazekas, K., Köllő, J. & Varga, J. (Eds.). Green book for the renewal of public education in Hungary, (pp. 81-104). Budapest: Ecostat.

Adey, Ph., Csapó, B., Demetriou, A., Hautamaki, J. & Shayer, M. (2007). Can we be intelligent about intelligence? Why education needs the concept of plastic general ability. Educational Research Review, 2(2) 75-97.

Csapó, B. (2007). Research into learning to learn through the assessment of quality and organization of learning outcomes. The Curriculum Journal, 18(2) 195-210.

Csapó, B. (2007). First results of the Hungarian Educational Longitudinal Study. Paper presented at the 12th European Conference for the Research on Learning and Instruction. Budapest, Hungary, August 28 - September 1, 2007. (Abstracts, p. 13.)

Molnár, Gy. & Csapó, B. (2007). Constructing complex problem solving competency scales by IRT models using data of different age groups. Paper presented at the 12th European Conference for the Research on Learning and Instruction. Budapest, Hungary, August 28 - September 1, 2007. (Abstracts, p. 405.)

Csapó, B. (2007). Plastic general abilities: The conception that bridges the gap between the new goals and old practices of education. Paper presented at the 12th European Conference for the Research on Learning and Instruction. Budapest, Hungary, August 28 - September 1, 2007. (Abstracts, p. 793.)

Flanagan, C. A., Bowes, J. M., Jonsson, B., Csapó, B. & Sheblanova, E. (2005). Ties That Bind: Correlates of Adolescents' Civic Commitments in Seven Countries. In: Strand, K. J. & Weiss, G. L. (Eds.). Experiencing social research: a reader (pp. 303-317). Boston: Pearson/Allyn & Bacon (Reprinted from Journal of Social Issues.)

Csapó, B. (2004). Knowledge and competencies. In: Letschert, J. (Ed.). The integrated person. How curriculum development relates to new competrencies (pp. 35-49). Enschede: CIDREE.

Flanagan, C., F., Campbell, B., Botcheva, L., Bowes, J., Csapo, B., Macek, P., & Sheblanova, E. (2003). Social class and adolescents' beliefs about justice in different social orders. Journal of Social Issues. 59(4), 711-732.

Csapó, B. (2003, August). Cognitive factors of the development of foreign language skills. Paper presented at the 10th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction. Padova, Italy, August 26-30.

Csapó, B. & Nikolov, M. (2002, April). The relationship between students foreign language achievement and general thinking skills. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.

Csapó, B. (2001). Cognitive aspects of democratic thinking. In: R. Soder, J. I. Goodlad, & T. J. McMannon (Eds.), Developing democratic character in the young (pp. 126-151). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

Hamers, J. H. M. & Csapó, B. (1999). Teaching thinking. In: J. H. M. Hamers, J. E. H. van Luit & B. Csapó (Eds.), Teaching and learning thinking skills (pp. 11-36). Lisse: Swets and Zeitlinger.

Csapó, B. (1999). Improving thinking through the content of teaching. In: J. H. M. Hamers, J. E. H. van Luit & B. Csapó (Eds.), Teaching and learning thinking skills (pp. 37-62). Lisse: Swets and Zeitlinger.

Csapó, B. & Hamers, J. H. M. (1999). Converging aims and diverging means of teaching thinking: An epilogue. In: J. H. M. Hamers, J. E. H. van Luit & B. Csapó (Eds.), Teaching and learning thinking skills (pp. 341-353). Lisse: Swets and Zeitlinger.

Flanagan, C., Jonsson, B., Botcheva, L., Csapó, B., Bowes, J., Macek, P., Averina, I. & Sheblanova, E. (1999). Adolescents and the „Social Contract": Developmental roots of citizenship in seven countries. In: Yates, M. & Youniss, J. (Eds.), Roots of civic identity. International perspectives on community service and activism in youth (pp. 135-155). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Alsaker, F. D., Flanagan, C. & Csapó, B. (1999). Methodological challenges in cross-national research. Countries, participants, and general procedures. In: Alsaker, F. D., & Flammer, A. (Eds.), The adolescent experience: European and American adolescents in the 1990s (pp. 15-32).  Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Csapó, B., Czachesz, E., Liiceanu, A. & Lázár, S. (1999). Being a Minority: Hungarian adolescents in Transylvania, Romania. In: Alsaker, F. D. &  Flammer, A. (Eds.), The adolescent experience: European and American adolescents in the 1990s (pp. 145-164). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Flanagan, C. A., Bowes, J. M., Jonsson, B., Csapó, B. & Sheblanova, E. (1998). Ties that bind: Correlates of adolescents' civic commitments in seven countries. Journal of Social Issues, Special Issue: Political development: Youth growing up in a global community. Fal, Vol 54(3), 457-475.

Macek, P., Flanagan, C. A., Gallay, L., Kostron, L., Botcheva, L. & Csapó, B. (1998). Postcommunist societies in times of transition: Perceptions of change among adolescents in Central and Eastern Europe. Journal of Social Issues, Special Issue: Political development: Youth growing up in a global community. Fal, Vol 54(3), 547-561.

Csapó, B. (1997). The development of inductive reasoning: Cross-sectional assessments in an educational context. International Journal of Behavioral Development. 20(4), 609-626.

Csapó, B. (1997). Operational Enrichment: Improving operational reasoning through the content of teaching. In: J. H. M. Hamers & M. Th. Overtoom (Eds.), Teaching thinking in Europe. Inventory of European programmes (pp. 235-239). Utrecht: Sardes.

Csapó, B. (1996, August). Developmental psychology and educational reforms in Hungary: a critical assessment. In H. Stevenson (Chair), Developmental Psychology and Educational Reform, Symposium conducted at the meeting of the 26th International Congress of Psychology, Montréal, Canada.

Csapó, B. (1995). Students' Perception of the Effects of Social Transition. In Ch. Wulf (Ed.). Education in Europe. An intercultural task (pp. 138-144). Munster & New York: Waxmann.

Csapó, B. (1995). Development of inductive reasoning in adolescence. In Y. Iram & Z. Gross (Eds.), The role and place of the humanities in education for the world of the 21st century. Proceedings of the 11th International Congress World Association for Educational Research. & Vol. 1. (pp. 319-328). Ramat-Gan: Bar Ilan University.

Csapó, B. (1995, August). Improving inductive reasoning through the content of teaching materials. Paper presented in the symposium 'Teaching Intelligence'. Sixth European Conference for Research on Learning and Instruction. University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Csapó, B. (1994). Adolescence in Hungary. In: K. Hurrelmann. (Ed.), International Handbook of Adolescence. (pp. 177-190). Westport. CT: Greenwood.

Csapó, B. (1992). Improving Operational Abilities in Children. In A. Demetriou, M. Shayer & A. Efklides (Eds.), Neo-Piagetian theories of cognitive development. Implications and applications for education (pp. 144-159). London: Routledge.

Csapó, B. (1992). Educational testing in Hungary. Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice. Summer. 5-8.

Csapó, B. (1991, July). Students’ opinion about the changes in the educational system. Paper presented in the symposium 'Youth and social change II: European perspectives', Eleventh Biennial Meetings of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development. Minneapolis, USA. [ERIC Ref. No.: ED 359 135]

Csapó, B. (1991, July). Social change and view of students on life perspectives. Poster presented in the poster workshop 'Youth and social change: European and North American perspectives', Eleventh Biennial Meetings of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Minneapolis, USA. [ERIC Ref. No.: ED 359 139]

Csapó, B. (1991, July). Math achievement in cultural context: The case of Hungary. Paper presented in the symposium 'Culture and mathematics learning', Eleventh Biennial Meetings of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Minneapolis, USA. [ERIC Ref. No.: ED 367 539]

Csapó, B. (1990). Integrating the development of the operational abilities of thinking and the transmission of knowledge. In H. Mandl, E. De Corte, N. Bennett & H. F. Friedrich (Eds.), Learning and instruction. European research in an international context. Vol. 2.2. Analysis of complex skills and complex knowledge domains (pp. 85-94). Oxford: Pergamon Press.