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Direct linkBurdett, Emily R. R.; Ronfard, Samuel – Developmental Psychology, 2023
The human capacity for technological innovation and creative problem-solving far surpasses that of any species but develops quite late. Prior work has typically presented children with problems requiring a single solution, a limited number of resources, and a limited amount of time. Such tasks do not allow children to utilize one of their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Innovation, Problem Solving
Siem Buseyne; Chaja Libot; Tim Van Lier; Annelies Raes – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2024
Every teacher aspires to create the ideal lesson! You want to convey the knowledge and skills in the best possible way while also keeping learners motivated. In our design case, we focus on the complex skill of collaborative problem-solving (CPS). In today's complex world, the acquisition of CPS competencies is considered an important learning…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Story Telling, Problem Solving, Children
Elfriede R. Holstein; Maria Theobald; Leonie S. Weindorf; Garvin Brod – Child Development, 2025
We investigated the role of children's conflict monitoring skills in revising an intuitive scientific theory. Children aged 5 to 9 (N = 177; 53% girls, data collected in Germany from 2019-2023) completed computer-based tasks on water displacement, a concept prone to misconceptions. Children predicted which of two objects would displace more water…
Descriptors: Children, Conflict, Task Analysis, Foreign Countries
Bridgers, Sophie; De Simone, Costanza; Gweon, Hyowon; Ruggeri, Azzurra – Child Development, 2023
Do children consider how others learned when seeking help? Across three experiments, German children (N = 536 3-to-8 year olds, 49% female, majority White, tested 2017-2019) preferred to learn from successful active learners selectively by context: They sought help solving a problem from a learner who had independently discovered the solution to a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Help Seeking, Learning Processes
Rocío Blanco; Melody García-Moya; Daniel Gómez-Atienza – Educational Technology & Society, 2024
This paper is devoted to the design, description and validation of the Android application TEAtreves, which focuses on structured arithmetic problem-solving for students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The application contains multiple adaptations to make it suitable for users with ASD. Validation was carried out with five students with ASD,…
Descriptors: Mathematical Concepts, Problem Solving, Educational Technology, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Matteo Lisi; Julia Michalek; Kristin Hadfield; Rana Dajani; Isabelle Mareschal – Developmental Science, 2025
In uncertain situations, individuals rely on prior experiences of successes and failures to guide future decisions. Research has shown that children exposed to early adversity, such as abuse, can exhibit atypical behaviours in probabilistic learning tasks compared to peers without such experiences, which may have long-term behavioural…
Descriptors: Early Experience, Trauma, War, Decision Making
Török, Georgina; Swaboda, Nora; Ruggeri, Azzurra – Developmental Psychology, 2023
Previous research shows that children evaluate the competence of others based on how effectively someone accomplished a goal, that is, based on the observed outcome of an action (e.g., number of attempts needed). Here, we investigate whether 5- to 10-year-old children and adults infer competence from how efficiently someone solves a task by…
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Competence, Efficiency, Task Analysis
Download full textGül, Havva; Gür, Çagla – European Journal of Educational Research, 2022
This research investigated the correlations among problem-solving, coping styles, and stress levels of parents of children with autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and typical development. We used a correlational survey model design and collected the data with the Problem-Solving Inventory (PSI), the Ways of Coping…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Coping, Anxiety, Parents
Poloczek, Sebastian; Hammerstein, Svenja; Büttner, Gerhard – Journal of Numerical Cognition, 2022
Being able to perform computational estimations efficiently is an important skill. Furthermore, computational estimation experiments are used to study general principles in strategy development. Rounding strategies are common in computational estimation. However, little is known about whether and when children use a mixed-rounding strategy (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Children, Learning Strategies, Mathematics Skills, Computation
Vogelaar, Bart; Resing, Wilma C. M.; Stad, Femke E. – Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 2020
This study investigated potential differences in the processes of solving analogies between gifted and average-ability children (aged 9-10 years old) in a dynamic testing setting. Utilizing a pre-test-training-post-test control group design, participants were split in four subgroups: gifted dynamic testing (n = 24), gifted control (n = 26),…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Problem Solving, Children, Gifted
Amanda Bezzina; Stephen Camilleri – Pastoral Care in Education, 2024
Research talks about the importance of the family in the development of social and emotional competencies of children. In this paper, we wanted to explore whether the Friendship cards (FC) (a theoretically derived preventive educational game) helped to improve the relationship between the participants and their children and whether it helped in…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Family Role, Parent Attitudes, Visual Aids
Brian W. L. Wong; Hau Ching Lam; Julia Wing Ka Lo; Urs Maurer; Shuting Huo – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2024
While extensive quantitative research has shed light on the cognitive mechanisms of dyslexia, few mixed-methods studies have been conducted to examine the perceptions of and attitudes towards learning in children with dyslexia, especially in Hong Kong, a bilingual context. In addition, the validity of the metaphor elicitation technique, which was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Chinese, Dyslexia
Przeperski, Jaroslaw; Taylor, Brian – Child Care in Practice, 2022
Many social work decisions are the outcome of collaborative working with other professionals and organisations, although there is little study of these decision-making processes. In this qualitative study conducted in Poland, the frame of reference was social work practice experience rather than a theoretical model. A vignette was presented to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Work, Decision Making, Child Welfare
Tosto, Maria Grazia; Garon-Carrier, Gabrielle; Gross, Susan; Petrill, Stephen A.; Malykh, Sergey; Malki, Karim; Hart, Sara A.; Thompson, Lee; Karadaghi, Rezhaw L.; Yakovlev, Nikita; Tikhomirova, Tatiana; Opfer, John E.; Mazzocco, Michèle M. M.; Dionne, Ginette; Brendgen, Mara; Vitaro, Frank; Tremblay, Richard E.; Boivin, Michel; Kovas, Yulia – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2019
Background: The number line task assesses the ability to estimate numerical magnitudes. People vary greatly in this ability, and this variability has been previously associated with mathematical skills. However, the sources of individual differences in number line estimation and its association with mathematics are not fully understood. Aims: This…
Descriptors: Twins, Individual Differences, Computation, Mathematics Skills
Global Partnership for Education, 2025
Children need a broad range of skills including creativity, problem solving and collaboration to enter the modern workforce. Through policy dialogue and advocacy, financing and partnerships with the private and public sectors, the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) supports partner countries to improve learning through education systems that…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Partnerships in Education, Global Approach, Educational Practices
