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Direct linkYu, Yue; Landrum, Asheley R.; Bonawitz, Elizabeth; Shafto, Patrick – Developmental Science, 2018
How can education optimize transmission of knowledge while also fostering further learning? Focusing on children at the cusp of formal schooling (N = 180, age = 4.0-6.0 y), we investigate learning after direct instruction by a knowledgeable teacher, after questioning by a knowledgeable teacher, and after questioning by a naïve informant.…
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Preschool Children, Learning Processes, Direct Instruction
Rhodes, Marjorie; Gelman, Susan A.; Brickman, Daniel – Developmental Science, 2010
Two studies compared children's attention to sample composition--whether a sample provides a diverse representation of a category of interest--during teacher-led and learner-driven learning contexts. In Study 1 (n = 48), 5-year-olds attended to sample composition to make inferences about biological properties only when samples were presented by a…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Inferences, Writing (Composition), Teaching Methods
