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Peer reviewedFlavell, John H.; And Others – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1987
Reports seven studies of the acquisition of knowledge about the appearance-reality distinction and suggests some conclusions about the course of conceptual development in this area from early childhood (3 years) to adulthood. (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, College Students
Peer reviewedFlavell, John H.; And Others – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1981
The two studies described in this monograph were designed to generate new ideas about the development of children's metacommunicative understanding and comprehension-monitoring abilities. Older subjects were more likely than younger subjects to detect inadequacies in communication; furthermore, younger children responded differently to…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Communication Problems, Communication Research
Peer reviewedFlavell, John H.; And Others – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1995
Reports results of 14 studies on children's knowledge about thinking. Suggests that preschoolers appear to know that thinking is an internal mental activity that can refer to real or imaginary objects or events. However, preschoolers are poor at determining when a person is and is not thinking. This shortcoming is considerably less evident in…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
