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Hermansen, Tone K.; Ronfard, Samuel; Harris, Paul L.; Zambrana, Imac M. – Child Development, 2021
Children (N = 278, 34-71 months, 54% girls) were told which of two figurines turned on a music box and also observed empirical evidence either confirming or conflicting with that testimony. Children were then asked to sort novel figurines according to whether they could make the music box work or not. To see whether children would explore which…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Cognitive Processes, Observation, Investigations
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Ziv, Margalit; Solomon, Ayelet; Frye, Douglas – Child Development, 2008
Two studies examined the role of intention in preschoolers' understanding of teaching. Three- to 5-year-olds judged stories in which there was an intention to teach or not (teaching vs. imitation) for 4 different learning outcomes (successful, partial, failed, and unknown). They also judged 2 stories with embedded instructional intent (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Imitation, Intention, Preschool Children, Discovery Learning