Preschoolers Use Questions as a Tool to Acquire Knowledge from Different Sources

Autor/inn/en	Mills, Candice M.; Legare, Cristine H.; Bills, Megan; Mejias, Caroline
Titel	Preschoolers Use Questions as a Tool to Acquire Knowledge from Different Sources
Quelle	In: Journal of Cognition and Development, 11 (2010) 4, S.533-560 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1524-8372
Schlagwörter	Preschool Children; Questioning Techniques; Epistemology; Puppetry; Expertise; Access to Information; Problem Solving; Age Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Befragungstechnik; Fragetechnik; Erkenntnistheorie; Puppenspiel; Expert appraisal; Problemlösen; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied
Abstract	How do children use questions as tools to acquire new knowledge? The current experiment examined preschool children's ability to direct questions to appropriate sources to acquire knowledge. Fifty preschoolers engaged in a task that entailed asking questions to discover which special key would open a box that contained a prize. Children solved simple and complex problems by questioning two puppet experts who knew about separate features of each key. Results indicate dramatic developmental differences in the efficiency and efficacy of children's questions. Although even 3-year-olds asked questions, their questions were largely ineffective and directed toward inappropriate sources. Four-year-olds directed questions toward the appropriate sources but asked approximately equal numbers of effective and ineffective questions. Only 5-year-olds both asked the appropriate sources and formulated effective questions. Implications for the development of problem-solving abilities are discussed. (Contains 2 tables, 2 figures and 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10