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Direct linkZiv, Margalit; Solomon, Ayelet; Frye, Douglas – Child Development, 2008
Two studies examined the role of intention in preschoolers' understanding of teaching. Three- to 5-year-olds judged stories in which there was an intention to teach or not (teaching vs. imitation) for 4 different learning outcomes (successful, partial, failed, and unknown). They also judged 2 stories with embedded instructional intent (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Imitation, Intention, Preschool Children, Discovery Learning
Peer reviewedJohnson, James E.; And Others – Child Development, 1980
Play behaviors of 17 children enrolled in a discovery-based preschool program and 18 children in a formal program within a university center were observed over 11 weeks for 20 one-minute observations. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Discovery Learning, Play
Peer reviewedFeldman, Audrey; Acredolo, Linda – Child Development, 1979
Descriptors: Age Differences, Discovery Learning, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedPenner, David E.; Klahr, David – Child Development, 1996
Nine- through 14-year-old girls made predictions about and performed experiments involving sinking objects. Found that children initially believed that weight alone determined an object's sinking rate, older but not younger children viewed experimentation as a way of exploring object attributes other than weight, and experimentation helped…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes
Peer reviewedHenderson, Bruce; Moore, Shirley G. – Child Development, 1980
Investigates the exploratory behavior of young children as it relates to individual differences in curiosity, the novelty of the objects explored, and the interactive style employed by an adult experimenter. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Curiosity, Discovery Learning
