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Children's Questions
Michelle M. Chouinard
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Description for Children's Questions
Paperback. This Monograph examines the role that children's questions play in their cognitive development. Series: Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development. Num Pages: 132 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 8. Weight in Grams: 204.
This Monograph examines the role that children's questions play in their cognitive development. When children encounter a problem with their current knowledge state (a gap in their knowledge, some ambiguity they don't know how to resolve, some inconsistency they've detected), asking a question allows them to get targeted information exactly when they need it. This information is available to them when they are particularly receptive to it, and since it comes as a result of their own disequilibrium, it may have depth of processing benefits. In that questions allow children to get information they need to move their knowledge structures ... Read more
This Monograph examines the role that children's questions play in their cognitive development. When children encounter a problem with their current knowledge state (a gap in their knowledge, some ambiguity they don't know how to resolve, some inconsistency they've detected), asking a question allows them to get targeted information exactly when they need it. This information is available to them when they are particularly receptive to it, and since it comes as a result of their own disequilibrium, it may have depth of processing benefits. In that questions allow children to get information they need to move their knowledge structures ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
132
Condition
New
Series
Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development
Number of Pages
132
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405176330
SKU
V9781405176330
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99-15
About Michelle M. Chouinard
Michelle M. Chouinard (Ph.D., 2005, Stanford University) is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Merced, where she is a Founding Faculty member. Her research investigates the role that conversation plays in cognitive development, with an emphasis on children’s questions, language acquisition, and biological knowledge.
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