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An Observational Study of Children's Problem Solving during Play with Friends
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Gold, Zachary S.; Perlman, Jesseca; Howe, Nina; Mishra, Aura Ankita; DeHart, Ganie B.; Hertik, Hannah; Buckley, Jessica – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2022
Problem solving is an important cognitive skill that children use to plan and navigate various developmental and social tasks. Although previous research was theory-grounded and systematic, to our knowledge, no research has observed and documented children's problem solving as a primary objective in naturalistic developmental contexts, such as…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Play, Cognitive Development, Verbal Communication
"The Driver Doesn't Sit, He Stands up like the Flintstones!": Sibling Teaching during Teacher-Directed and Self-Guided Tasks
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Howe, Nina; Recchia, Holly; Porta, Sandra Della; Funamoto, Allyson – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2012
Associations among sibling teaching strategies, learner behavior, age, age gap, gender, and social-cognitive skills (second-order false-belief and interpretive understanding of knowledge) were investigated in 63 sibling dyads in early and middle childhood. Two teaching tasks were introduced to the older sibling teacher: a teacher-directed task…
Descriptors: Siblings, Social Cognition, Motor Vehicles, Teaching Methods