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Bohn, Annette – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2011
Autobiographical reasoning is closely related to the development of normative ideas about life as measured by the cultural life script. The acquisition of a life script is an important prerequisite for autobiographical reasoning because children learn through the life script which events are expected to go into their life story, and when to expect…
Descriptors: Personal Narratives, Self Concept, Autobiographies, Reflection
Halford, Graeme S. – 1991
The proposals concerning working memory outlined in this paper involve the architecture of working memory, the reasoning mechanisms that draw on it, and the ways in which working memory may develop with age. Ways of assessing task demands and children's working memory capacities are also considered. It is noted that there is long-standing evidence…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development
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Sheridan, Matthew J.; Steele-Dadzie, Timothy E. – Journal of Correctional Education, 2005
The authors analyzed data on the information processing abilities of incarcerated youth (n = 1480) within a correctional center. The goal was to develop a learning style profile of the juvenile offenders. Based on the current sample, they concluded that the bulk of the students were figural learners in terms of the preferred modality for receiving…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Thinking Skills, Creativity, Juvenile Justice
Nakhleh, Mary B.; Krajcik, Joseph S. – 1991
This paper discussed the use of structured observations as a research strategy in two recently completed studies that investigated students thought processes and behaviors in a microcomputer-based laboratory (MBL) environment and in other instrument-based laboratory environments. In the first study, students' behaviors and thought processes were…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Chemistry, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Thornton, Stephanie – 1995
The developmental increase in the ability to solve problems is a puzzle. Does it come from basic changes in mental skills, or is it a matter of practice? This book from the Developing Child series synthesizes recent research examining children's problem-solving skills development. Chapter 1 presents the major themes: (1) there is increasing…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Analogy, Child Development, Children