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Leman, Patrick J.; Skipper, Yvonne; Watling, Dawn; Rutland, Adam – Child Development, 2016
Three hundred and forty-one children (M[subscript age] = 9,0 years) engaged in a series of science tasks in collaborative, same-sex pairs or did not interact. All children who collaborated on the science tasks advanced in basic-level understanding of the relevant task (motion down an incline). However, only boys advanced in their conceptual…
Descriptors: Child Development, Gender Differences, Science Activities, Task Analysis
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Chen, Yu-ping; Keen, Rachel; Rosander, Kerstin; Von Hofsten, Claes – Child Development, 2010
Kinematic measures of children's reaching were found to reflect stable differences in skill level for planning for future actions. Thirty-five toddlers (18-21 months) were engaged in building block towers (precise task) and in placing blocks into an open container (imprecise task). Sixteen children were retested on the same tasks a year later.…
Descriptors: Physics, Toddlers, Task Analysis, Time Factors (Learning)