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Feldman, Jay – Hands On!, 1999
Explores the idea that play is one of the fundamental processes by which children develop their understanding of the world by looking at play as an intrinsically motivated activity. (WRM)
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking
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Dodge, Kenneth A.; Price, Joseph M. – Child Development, 1994
Videorecorded stimuli were used to assess social information processing patterns in 3 domains (peer group entry, response to provocation, and response to authority directive) in 259 first, second, and third graders. Teacher and peer ratings of behavior competence supported the hypothesis that children's behavioral competence is a function of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Behavior, Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Processes
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Bilal, Dania – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2002
Presents the third part of a research project that investigated information-seeking behavior and success of seventh-grade science children in using the Yahooligans! Web search engine/directory. Children were more successful on a fully self-generated task than one two fully assigned tasks and were more successful when they browsed than when they…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students