Speaking Deductively: Using Conversation to Trace the Origins of Conditional Thought in Children.

Scholnick, Ellin Kofsky; Wing, Clara S.

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Publication Date: 1992

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Speaking Deductively: Using Conversation to Trace the Origins of Conditional Thought in Children.

Scholnick, Ellin Kofsky; Wing, Clara S.

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, v38 n1 p1-20 Jan 1992

Longitudinal data on conversations recorded from 1 child between 18 and 27 months of age and 3 children between 27 and 62 months were analyzed to chart acquisition of the word "if" and of conditional inference. Within six months of speaking their first "if," children produced "ifs" at the same rate and forms as adults. (Author/LB)

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Child Development, Child Language, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Deduction, Developmental Psychology, Inferences, Longitudinal Studies, Oral Language, Thinking Skills, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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