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Direct linkSobel, David M.; Letourneau, Susan M. – Child Development, 2018
It is widely believed that exploration is a mechanism for young children's learning. The present investigation examines preschoolers' beliefs about how learning occurs. We asked 3- to 5-year-olds to articulate how characters in a set of stories learned about a new toy. Younger preschoolers were more likely to overemphasize the role of characters'…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Beliefs, Inquiry, Learning Processes
