Explaining and Exploring the Dynamics of Parent-Child Interactions and Children's Causal Reasoning at a Children's Museum Exhibit
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| Title: | Explaining and Exploring the Dynamics of Parent-Child Interactions and Children's Causal Reasoning at a Children's Museum Exhibit |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Sam R. McHugh (ORCID |
| Source: | Child Development. 2024 95(3):845-861. |
| Availability: | Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 17 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Sponsoring Agency: | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| Contract Number: | 1420241 1420259 1420548 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Parent Child Relationship, Museums, Thinking Skills, Child Behavior, Play, Goal Orientation, Learning Processes, Preschool Children |
| Geographic Terms: | California (San Jose) |
| DOI: | 10.1111/cdev.14035 |
| ISSN: | 0009-3920 1467-8624 |
| Abstract: | This study examines how parents' and children's explanatory talk and exploratory behaviors support children's causal reasoning at a museum in San Jose, CA in 2017. One-hundred-nine parent-child dyads (3-6 years; 56 girls, 53 boys; 32 White, 9 Latino/Hispanic, 17 Asian-American, 17 South Asian, 1 Pacific Islander, 26 mixed ethnicity, 7 unreported) played at an air flow exhibit with a nonobvious causal mechanism. Children's causal reasoning was probed afterward. The timing of parents' explanatory talk and exploratory behaviors was related to children's systematic exploration during play. Children's exploratory behavior, and parents' goal setting during play, were related to children's subsequent causal reasoning. These findings support the hypothesis that children's exploration is related to both internal learning processes and external social scaffolding. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1424442 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | This study examines how parents' and children's explanatory talk and exploratory behaviors support children's causal reasoning at a museum in San Jose, CA in 2017. One-hundred-nine parent-child dyads (3-6 years; 56 girls, 53 boys; 32 White, 9 Latino/Hispanic, 17 Asian-American, 17 South Asian, 1 Pacific Islander, 26 mixed ethnicity, 7 unreported) played at an air flow exhibit with a nonobvious causal mechanism. Children's causal reasoning was probed afterward. The timing of parents' explanatory talk and exploratory behaviors was related to children's systematic exploration during play. Children's exploratory behavior, and parents' goal setting during play, were related to children's subsequent causal reasoning. These findings support the hypothesis that children's exploration is related to both internal learning processes and external social scaffolding. |
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| ISSN: | 0009-3920 1467-8624 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/cdev.14035 |
