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Jant, Erin A.; Haden, Catherine A.; Uttal, David H.; Babcock, Elizabeth – Child Development, 2014
The effects of parent-child conversation and object manipulation on children's learning, transfer of knowledge, and memory were examined in two museum exhibits and conversations recorded at home. Seventy-eight children (M[subscript age] = 4.9) and their parents were randomly assigned to receive conversation cards featuring elaborative…
Descriptors: Children, Learning, Transfer of Training, Memory
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Ceci, Stephen J.; Tishman, Jayne – Child Development, 1984
Two experiments examined hyperactive children's tendency to underfocus their attention during learning. Taken together, the results of both experiments demonstrated the validity of the attentional diffusion hypothesis and indicate the need to assess the central processing demands associated with central and incidental learning in order to evaluate…
Descriptors: Attention, Attention Deficit Disorders, Comparative Analysis, Difficulty Level