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Direct linkBerger, Sarah E.; Adolph, Karen E.; Kavookjian, Alisan E. – Child Development, 2010
Using a means-means-ends problem-solving task, this study examined whether 16-month-old walking infants (N = 28) took into account the width of a bridge as a means for crossing a precipice and the location of a handrail as a means for augmenting balance on a narrow bridge. Infants were encouraged to cross from one platform to another over narrow…
Descriptors: Infants, Problem Solving, Task Analysis, Psychomotor Skills
McNeil, Nicole M.; Alibali, Martha W. – Child Development, 2005
This study examined whether knowledge of arithmetic contributes to difficulties with equations. In Experiment 1, children (ages 7-11) completed tasks to assess their adherence to 3 operational patterns prevalent in arithmetic: (a) the strategy of performing all given operations on all given numbers, (b) the "operations=answer" problem structure,…
Descriptors: Equations (Mathematics), Arithmetic, Problem Solving
Bierman, Karen L.; Domitrovich, Celene E.; Nix, Robert L.; Gest, Scott D.; Welsh, Janet A.; Greenberg, Mark T.; Blair, Clancy; Nelson, Keith E.; Gill, Sukhdeep – Child Development, 2008
Forty-four Head Start classrooms were randomly assigned to enriched intervention (Head Start REDI--Research-based, Developmentally Informed) or "usual practice" conditions. The intervention involved brief lessons, "hands-on" extension activities, and specific teaching strategies linked empirically with the promotion of: (a)…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, School Readiness, Intervention, Social Behavior
