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Ziv, Margalit; Solomon, Ayelet; Frye, Douglas – Child Development, 2008
Two studies examined the role of intention in preschoolers' understanding of teaching. Three- to 5-year-olds judged stories in which there was an intention to teach or not (teaching vs. imitation) for 4 different learning outcomes (successful, partial, failed, and unknown). They also judged 2 stories with embedded instructional intent (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Imitation, Intention, Preschool Children, Discovery Learning
Jamieson, G. H. – Programmed Learning Educ Technol, 1969
Descriptors: Age Differences, Arithmetic, Discovery Learning, Learning Theories
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Steel, Sylvia; Funnell, Elaine – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2001
Examined development of multiplication skills in 8- to 12-year-olds taught by discovery methods. Found a general shift away from less effective strategies across ages 8 to 12, but by 11 years, relatively few used the most effective strategy of retrieval for all operands. Effective strategy development was related to nonverbal reasoning ability and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cross Sectional Studies, Discovery Learning