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Direct linkSharif-Rasslan, Amal; Tabajah-Awawdy, Jehan – Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 2022
This qualitative study aimed to examine: (1) the manner in which kindergarten children and first graders make sense of the term "area" regarding optimization problems; (2) how this manner is manifested in their decision-making and "STEAM" (science, technology, engineering, art and math) skills; and (3) how kindergarten children…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Grade 1, Concept Formation
Erickson, Jane E.; Keil, Frank C.; Lockhart, Kristi L. – Child Development, 2010
To what extent do children understand that biological processes fall into 1 coherent domain unified by distinct causal principles? In Experiments 1 and 2 (N = 125) kindergartners are given triads of biological and psychological processes and asked to identify which 2 members of the triad belong together. Results show that 5-year-olds correctly…
Descriptors: Biology, Psychology, Kindergarten, Task Analysis
Boyer, Ty W.; Levine, Susan C.; Huttenlocher, Janellen – Developmental Psychology, 2008
Previous studies have found that children have difficulty solving proportional reasoning problems involving discrete units until 10 to 12 years of age, but can solve parallel problems involving continuous quantities by 6 years of age. The present studies examine where children go wrong in processing proportions that involve discrete quantities. A…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Cognitive Processes, Children, Elementary Education
