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ERIC Number: EJ246101
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980-Dec
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The Adult-Child Dyad as a Problem-solving System.
Wertsch, James V.; And Others
Child Development, v51 n4 p1215-21 Dec 1980
Investigates the way that mothers and their preschool children divided up strategic responsibilities for carrying out a problem-solving task which involved making a puzzle in accordance with a model. Among the results, findings suggest that adults' communicative moves were fulfilling different functions for children at different ages. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Communication (Thought Transfer), Coordination, Metacognition, Mothers, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Problem Solving, Socialization
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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