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ERIC Number: EJ398181
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Children's Inquiry Strategies in Referential Communication and in the Game of Twenty Questions.
Courage, Mary L.
Child Development, v60 n4 p877-86 Aug 1989
Investigated 112 four-, five-, and seven-year-olds' ability to perform competently in referential communication after training in asking categorical questions. Results indicated that children were capable of scanning a stimulus array while searching for a varied number of speaker-described targets. (RJC)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Kindergarten, Learning Strategies, Primary Education, Questioning Techniques
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Referential Communication