Recency judgments were examined for four groups (N = 40 per group) aged 7, 8, 10, and 18 years. The resulting data supported the hypothesis that tasks, which do not require deliberate mnemonic strategies, are not developmentally sensitive. (Editor/RK)

Intended as a chapter in "Carmichael's Manual of Child Psychology," this paper provides an overview and interpretation of the work already completed on children's learning, remembering, and understanding with a major concentration on academic cognition. The first part of the paper provides a brief overview of the principal trends of the 1970s and…

While many contemporary developmental theorists have avoided taking a stand on the controversial relationship between learning and development, this paper is based on the belief that the notion of "bandwidth of competence," or L. S. Vygotsky's "zone of proximal development," provides a useful framework for considering this…