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ERIC Number: EJ029217
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1970
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Freedom to Manipulate Objects and Question-Asking Performance of Six-Year-Olds
Torrance, E. Paul
Young Children, 26, 2, 93-97, Dec '70
An experiment with 66 six-year-old children showed that children asked more and better questions about unfamiliar objects (toys) when they had been given an opportunity to manipulate them than when they saw only demonstrations of the toys. (NH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Kindergarten Children, Object Manipulation, Questioning Techniques, Sensory Experience, Stimuli, Tactual Perception
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