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Maternal and Paternal Teaching in a Naturalistic Home Environment
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Farhat, Fadwa; Howe, Nina; Della Porta, Sandra; Ross, Hildy – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2021
Maternal and paternal teaching sequences directed to their preschool children in a naturalistic home environment were investigated. The sample included 37 middle-class sibling dyads, aged four and six, and both their mothers and fathers during ongoing interactions in the home for six 90-minute sessions. Sequences of parent-child teaching were…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Parents as Teachers, Family Environment, Parent Role
"Because if You Don't Put the Top On, It Will Spill": A Longitudinal Study of Sibling Teaching in Early Childhood
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Howe, Nina; Della Porta, Sandra; Recchia, Holly; Ross, Hildy – Developmental Psychology, 2016
Naturalistic dyadic sequences of teaching and learning involving older and younger siblings were investigated in 39 middle-class dyads over a 2-year period in early childhood. Siblings were observed during ongoing interactions in the home setting for 6 90-min sessions at both Time 1 (older sibling "M" age = 4.4 years; younger sibling…
Descriptors: Siblings, Sibling Relationship, Instruction, Longitudinal Studies
Individual Differences in Sibling Teaching in Early and Middle Childhood
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Howe, Nina; Recchia, Holly – Early Education and Development, 2009
Research Findings: Sibling teaching and learning behaviors were investigated in 2 studies of children in early and middle childhood. Study 1 addressed individual differences in teaching/learning and associations with dyadic age, age gap, gender, birth order, and relationship quality in 71 middle-class dyads (firstborns M age = 81.54 months;…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Siblings, Intimacy, Children
"The Driver Doesn't Sit, He Stands up like the Flintstones!": Sibling Teaching during Teacher-Directed and Self-Guided Tasks
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Howe, Nina; Recchia, Holly; Porta, Sandra Della; Funamoto, Allyson – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2012
Associations among sibling teaching strategies, learner behavior, age, age gap, gender, and social-cognitive skills (second-order false-belief and interpretive understanding of knowledge) were investigated in 63 sibling dyads in early and middle childhood. Two teaching tasks were introduced to the older sibling teacher: a teacher-directed task…
Descriptors: Siblings, Social Cognition, Motor Vehicles, Teaching Methods
"You Didn't Teach Me, You Showed Me": Variations in Sibling Teaching Strategies in Early and Middle Childhood
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Recchia, Holly E.; Howe, Nina; Alexander, Stephanie – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2009
This study examined siblings' teaching strategies in 72 dyads (firstborn and second born, M ages = 81.64 and 56.31 months) as a function of dyad age, age gap between siblings, and teacher birth order. One child per dyad was randomly assigned to teach her or his sibling to construct a tractor toy. Interactions were coded for the topic of teachers'…
Descriptors: Siblings, Sibling Relationship, Birth Order, Teaching Methods
Effects of Task Difficulty on Sibling Teaching in Middle Childhood
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Howe, Nina; Brody, Marie-Helene; Recchia, Holly – Infant and Child Development, 2006
Teaching styles were investigated in 28 middle-class sibling dyads (older sibling M age = 8.2 yrs; younger sibling M age = 5.11 yrs) using two sets of block design tasks (five easy; five hard). Older siblings employed a greater number of strategies (i.e. physical demonstrations, scaffolding, corrective feedback) in the hard than in the easy tasks,…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Siblings, Teaching Styles, Children