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ERIC Number: EJ496725
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Children's Understanding of Knowledge Acquisition: The Tendency for Children to Report That They Have Always Known What They Have Just Learned.
Taylor, Marjorie; And Others
Child Development, v65 n6 p1581-1604 Dec 1994
Four experiments investigated children's ability to notice and remember events in which the acquisition of factual information occurs. Results indicated that children tend to report they have known newly learned information for a long time, suggesting that children have some understanding of knowledge acquisition, but not at the level of adults. (AA)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies, Metacognition, Misconceptions, Preschool Children
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Knowledge Acquisition