What Leads Children to Adopt New Strategies? A Microgenetic/Cross-Sectional Study of Class Inclusion

Robert S. Siegler ^[1] ; Matija Svetina ^[2]
1. [1] Carnegie Mellon University
  
  Carnegie Mellon University
  
  City of Pittsburgh, Estados Unidos
2. [2] University of Ljubljana
  
  University of Ljubljana
  
  Eslovenia
Localización: Child development, ISSN 0009-3920, Vol. 77, Nº. 4, 2006, págs. 997-1015
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- Learning of class inclusion by 5-year-olds in response to empirical and logical explanations of an adult's answers was examined. Contrary to the view that young children possess an empirical bias, 5-year-olds learned more, and continued learning for longer, when given logical explanations of correct answers than when given empirical explanations. Once children discovered how to solve the problems, they showed few regressions. Many children in the microgenetic experiment followed the path of change anticipated from previous cross-sectional studies, but children in the cross-sectional part of the study seemed to follow a different path. Reasons for the superior effectiveness of the logical explanations were discussed.