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McPherson, Sue L.; Thomas, Jerry R. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1989
Examined 10- to 13-year-old boys' development of knowledge structure and sport performance in tennis by comparing skills and knowledge of experts and novices. Experts focused on higher concepts and exhibited greater decision-making ability because of their more highly developed knowledge structure. (SAK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Motor Development
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Pelletier, Janette; Astington, Janet Wilde – Early Education and Development, 2004
This study reports on an analysis of the relation between kindergarten children's developing theory of mind and their understanding of characters' actions and consciousness in story narrative, based on Bruner's (1986) notion of the dual landscapes of action and consciousness. Wordless picture books were used to model these two aspects of…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Picture Books, Language Aptitude, Cognitive Development