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Peer reviewedWertsch, James V.; And Others – Child Development, 1980
Investigates the way that mothers and their preschool children divided up strategic responsibilities for carrying out a problem-solving task which involved making a puzzle in accordance with a model. Among the results, findings suggest that adults' communicative moves were fulfilling different functions for children at different ages. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Communication (Thought Transfer), Coordination, Metacognition
Peer reviewedWinsler, Adam; Naglieri, Jack – Child Development, 2003
This study explored 5- to 17-year-olds' use, self report, and awareness of verbal problem-solving strategies and strategy effectiveness. Findings indicated that children's verbal strategies moved from overt, to partially covert, to fully covert forms with age. Self-reports of strategy use were accurate yet incomplete. Strategy awareness was low…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Children, Competence
Direct linkAmsterlaw, Jennifer – Child Development, 2006
Two studies investigated children's metacognition about everyday reasoning, assessing how they distinguish reasoning from nonreasoning and "good" reasoning from "bad." In Study 1, 80 1st graders (6-7 years), 3rd graders (8-9 years), 5th graders (10-11 years), and adults (18+ years) evaluated scenarios where people (a) used reasoning, (b) solved…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Grade 5, Grade 3, Metacognition
