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Ruggeri, Azzurra; Lombrozo, Tania; Griffiths, Thomas L.; Xu, Fei – Developmental Psychology, 2016
Children are active learners: they learn not only from the information people offer and the evidence they happen to observe, but by actively seeking information. However, children's information search strategies are typically less efficient than those of adults. In two studies, we isolate potential sources of developmental change in how children…
Descriptors: Information Seeking, Search Strategies, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Structures
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Herman, Jana Morgan – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2012
Marc Prensky coined the term "digital native" in 2001 to describe those who have grown up with a constant interaction of technology, including television, video games, and the Internet (Prensky, 2001). For these people, many of them now in their twenties, life has always included the presence of screens--televisions, cell phones, iPods, video…
Descriptors: Influence of Technology, Access to Information, Adolescents, Generational Differences