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Exploring the Foundations of Early Scientific Literacy: Children's Causal Stance
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Booth, Amy E.; Shavlik, Margaret; Haden, Catherine A. – Developmental Psychology, 2022
From an early age, children show a keen interest in discovering the causal structure of the world around them. Given how fundamental causal information is to scientific inquiry and knowledge, this early emerging "causal stance" might be important in propelling the development of scientific literacy. However, currently little is known…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Causal Models, Young Children, Child Development
Understanding of Spatial Correspondence Does Not Contribute to Representational Understanding: Evidence from the Model Room and False Belief Tasks
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Sayer, Catherine M.; Doherty, Martin J. – Developmental Psychology, 2023
We examine the long-standing claim that understanding relational correspondence is a general component of representational understanding. Two experiments with 175 preschool children located in Norwich, United Kingdom, examined the use of a scale model comparing performances on a "copy" task, measuring abstract spatial arrangement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Spatial Ability, Preschool Children, Beliefs
Modeling Social, Dimensional, and Temporal Comparisons in Self-Concept Development with the Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Model: A Methodological-Substantive Integration
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Debatin, Tobias; Stoeger, Heidrun; Ziegler, Albert – Developmental Psychology, 2023
In recent years, discussion of the limitations of the standard cross-lagged panel model (CLPM) has increased, and the random intercept cross-lagged panel model (RI-CLPM) has been proposed as an improved approach to modeling. By now, there are some first applications of the model to investigate reciprocal relations in self-concept development.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 9, Grade 10, Self Concept
Triangulating on Developmental Models with a Combination of Experimental and Nonexperimental Estimates
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Wan, Sirui; Brick, Timothy R.; Alvarez-Vargas, Daniela; Bailey, Drew H. – Developmental Psychology, 2023
Plausible competing developmental models show similar or identical structural equation modeling model fit indices, despite making very different causal predictions. One way to help address this problem is incorporating outside information into selecting among models. This study attempted to select among developmental models of children's early…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Early Intervention, Models, Randomized Controlled Trials
A Process Model of Parental Executive Functioning as a Spillover Mechanism Linking Interparental Conflict and Parenting Difficulties across Parenting Domains
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Justin Russotti; Cory R. Platts; Melissa L. Sturge-Apple; Patrick T. Davies; Morgan J. Thompson – Developmental Psychology, 2024
There is a well-documented interdependency between destructive interparental conflict (IPC) and parenting difficulties (i.e., spillover effect), yet little is known about the mechanisms that "carry" spillover between IPC and parenting. Guided by a cascade model framework, the current study used a longitudinal, multimethod,…
Descriptors: Parents, Preschool Children, Conflict, Problems
Building Fraction Magnitude Knowledge with Number Lines: Partitioning versus Analogy
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Alexandria A. Viegut; Percival G. Matthews – Developmental Psychology, 2023
Understanding fraction magnitudes is foundational for later math achievement. To represent a fraction x/y, children are often taught to use "partitioning": Break the whole into y parts and shade in x parts. Past research has shown that partitioning on number lines supports children's fraction magnitude knowledge more than partitioning on…
Descriptors: Fractions, Mathematics Skills, Number Concepts, Skill Development
The Cognitive Costs and Advantages of Children's Exposure to Parental Relationship Instability: Testing an Evolutionary-Developmental Hypothesis
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Davies, Patrick T.; Thompson, Morgan J.; Li, Zhi; Sturge-Apple, Melissa L. – Developmental Psychology, 2022
Guided by evolutionary-developmental models, this study tested the hypothesis that children's exposure to parental relationship instability, defined by initiation and dissolution of caregiver intimate relationships, has both costs in cognitive impairments and benefits in enhanced learning skills. Participants included 243 mothers and their…
Descriptors: Parent Child Relationship, Child Development, Marital Instability, Models