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Complex Problem Solving: Profiles and Developmental Paths Revealed via Latent Transition Analysis
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Mustafic, Maida; Yu, Jing; Stadler, Matthias; Vainikainen, Mari-Pauliina; Bornstein, Marc H.; Putnick, Diane L.; Greiff, Samuel – Developmental Psychology, 2019
Complexity is one of the major demands of adolescents' future life as adults. To investigate adolescents' competence development in applying problem-solving strategies in complex environments, we conducted a 2-wave longitudinal study in a sample of Finnish adolescents (11-17 years old; N = 1,959 at Time 1 and N = 1,690 at Time 2, 3 years later).…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Adolescent Development, Foreign Countries, Difficulty Level
Computational Fluency and Strategy Choice Predict Individual and Cross-National Differences in Complex Arithmetic
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Vasilyeva, Marina; Laski, Elida V.; Shen, Chen – Developmental Psychology, 2015
The present study tested the hypothesis that children's fluency with basic number facts and knowledge of computational strategies, derived from early arithmetic experience, predicts their performance on complex arithmetic problems. First-grade students from United States and Taiwan (N = 152, mean age: 7.3 years) were presented with problems that…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Elementary School Students, Numeracy, Computation
Development of Relational Reasoning and Avoidance of Premature Closure.
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Acredolo, Curt; Horobin, Karen – Developmental Psychology, 1977
First-, third-, fifth-, and sixth-grade children were administered 20 relational reasoning problems in which they had to deduce the possible sizes of one item relative to two others on the basis of a visual comparison and a written clue. Dramatic differences were observed between fifth- and sixth-grade children. Corrective feedback improved…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Difficulty Level, Elementary Education
"Merds That Laugh Don't Like Mushrooms": Evidence for Deductive Reasoning by Preschoolers.
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Hawkins, J.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Examines the relationship between development of logical processes required in deductive reasoning and their use by preschoolers, also considering possible explanations for children's deductive reasoning. The relationship of problem content to real-world knowledge and the sequence of presentation of problem types were found to affect the display…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Deduction, Difficulty Level, Divergent Thinking
Effects of Problem Difficulty and Role Relevance on the Role Playing of Interrole Conflict Problems
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Sieber-Suppes, Joan; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1973
Purpose of this study was to determine whether some major aspects of children's role-playing behavior can be coded reliably and whether role-playing behavior is related to role-problem characteristics and individual variables. (Authors)
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Grade 5, Intelligence, Problem Solving
Knowing When You Don't Know: Developmental and Situational Considerations.
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Scholnick, Ellin Kofsky; Wing, Clara S. – Developmental Psychology, 1988
The influence of three variables on response to undecidability was studied: (1) dual- versus single-solution rules; (2) nature of the choice contrast, and (3) presence or absence of additional information to resolve the undecidability. Participants were college students and third, fourth, and fifth grade elementary school students. (RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Students, Decision Making, Difficulty Level
Training and Transfer in Combinatorial Problem Solving: The Development of Formal Reasoning During Early Adolescence
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Barratt, Barnaby B. – Developmental Psychology, 1975
This study investigated the emergence of combinatorial competence in early adolescence and the effectiveness of a programmed discovery training procedure. Significant increases in combinatorial skill with age were shown; it was found that the expression of this skill was significantly facilitated if problems involved concrete material of low…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adolescents, Cognitive Development, Difficulty Level
Infants Use Handrails as Tools in a Locomotor Task.
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Berger, Sarah E.; Adolph, Karen E. – Developmental Psychology, 2003
Two experiments examined problem solving in 16-month-olds' adaptive locomotion (crossing bridges of varying width with/without handrail). Findings indicated that toddlers attempted wide bridges more than narrow ones. Attempts on narrow bridges depended on handrail presence. Toddlers had longer latencies, examined bridge/handrail more closely, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Difficulty Level, Experiments, Infant Behavior