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Peer reviewedKlein, Perry D. – Journal of Experimental Education, 1998
The theory that children's development of strategies-of-science experimentation is a consequence of developments in theory of mind was examined with 72 children in grades one, three, and five. Ability to predict, explain, and affect the reasoning of a doll or cartoon character predicted performance in planning controlled experiments and in…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Child Development, Concept Formation, Elementary School Students
