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Direct linkCheng, Yi-Ling; Mix, Kelly S. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2014
We tested whether mental rotation training improved math performance in 6- to 8-year-olds. Children were pretested on a range of number and math skills. Then one group received a single session of mental rotation training using an object completion task that had previously improved spatial ability in children this age (Ehrlich, Levine, &…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Control Groups, Spatial Ability, Children
Bonawitz, Elizabeth; Fischer, Adina; Schulz, Laura – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2012
Previous research suggests that 3-year-olds fail to learn from statistical data when their prior beliefs conflict with evidence. Are children's beliefs entrenched in their folk theories, or can preschoolers rationally update their beliefs? Motivated by a Bayesian account, we conducted a training study to investigate this question. Children (45…
Descriptors: Evidence, Preschool Children, Statistical Data, Learning
