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Direct linkGola, Alice Ann Howard – Cognitive Development, 2012
An experimental study investigated the effect of the type of mental verb input (i.e., input with "think", "know", and "remember") on preschoolers' theory of mind development. Preschoolers (n = 72) heard 128 mental verb utterances presented in video format across four sessions over two weeks. The training conditions differed only in the way the…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Video Technology, Verbs, Preschool Children
Alibali, Martha W.; Phillips, Karin M. O.; Fischer, Allison D. – Cognitive Development, 2009
Children sometimes solve problems incorrectly because they fail to represent key features of the problems. One potential source of improvements in children's problem representations is learning new problem-solving strategies. Ninety-one 3rd- and 4th-grade students solved mathematical equivalence problems (e.g., 3+4+6=3+__) and completed a…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Problem Solving, Learning Strategies
Lehrer, Richard; Schauble, Leona; Lucas, Deborah – Cognitive Development, 2008
A sixth-grade class investigated the ecologies of two local retention ponds over the course of one school year. In this context, instruction assisted development as students designed models of the pond in one-gallon jars and attempted to stabilize these jars in sustainable ecosystems that could be used to study questions about the ponds.…
Descriptors: Research Design, Investigations, Environmental Education, Scientific Principles
