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Peer reviewedAstington, Janet Wilde – Human Development, 1998
Focuses on Nelson et al's use of the term "theory of mind" and its meaning; alternatives to theory of mind; theories of theory of mind; arguments against theory of mind; and language and theory of mind. (KB)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Metacognition
Peer reviewedAstington, Janet Wilde – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1995
Comments on Flavell's paper in this issue. Examines the paper's findings on three different aspects of children's knowledge about thinking: their ability to differentiate thinking from other activities, their awareness that thinking is always going on in people's minds, and their capacity for introspection into their own thinking. Argues that…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures
Direct linkPelletier, Janette; Astington, Janet Wilde – Early Education and Development, 2004
This study reports on an analysis of the relation between kindergarten children's developing theory of mind and their understanding of characters' actions and consciousness in story narrative, based on Bruner's (1986) notion of the dual landscapes of action and consciousness. Wordless picture books were used to model these two aspects of…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Picture Books, Language Aptitude, Cognitive Development
