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Thompson, R. Bruce; Cothran, Thomas; McCall, Daniel – Journal of Child Language, 2012
This study explored preschool age and gender differences in help-seeking within the theoretical framework of scaffolded problem-solving and self-regulation (Bruner, 1986; Rogoff, 1990; Vygotsky, 1978; 1986). Within-subject analyses tracked changes in help-seeking among 62 preschoolers (34 boys, 28 girls, mean age 4.22 years) solving a challenging…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Educational Practices, Gender Differences
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De Cara, Bruno; Goswami, Usha – Journal of Child Language, 2003
Investigates one plausible source of the emergence of phonological awareness--phonological neighborhood density in a group of 5-year-old children, most of whom were pre-readers. Subjects with a high vocabulary age showed neighborhood density effects in a rhyme oddity task, but 5-year-olds with lower vocabulary ages did not. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Child Language, Language Acquisition, Metacognition, Phonology