Journal article
Parental Scaffolding of Young Children's Spatial Communication
Developmental psychology, Vol.32(3), pp.523-532
05/1996
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.32.3.523
Abstract
Two studies documented and evaluated parental scaffolding of 3- and 4-year-olds' spatial communication. In Study 1, children gave directions to parents about locations of objects. Three-year-olds gave ambiguous directions more often than 4-year-olds, and parents used directive prompts more often with 3-year-olds than 4-year-olds. Study 2 compared the effectiveness of parental prompts in a controlled experiment. Each time children gave ambiguous directions, they were given either a directive prompt, nondirective prompt, or no prompt. Both age groups benefitted from directive prompts, but 3-year-olds benefitted less than 4-year-olds from nondirective prompts. Discussion focuses on parents' sensitivity to children's scaffolding needs and on developmental differences in children's responses to scaffolding.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Parental Scaffolding of Young Children's Spatial Communication
- Creators
- Jodie M Plumert - Department of Psychology, The University of IowaPenney Nichols-Whitehead - Department of Psychology, The University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Developmental psychology, Vol.32(3), pp.523-532
- DOI
- 10.1037/0012-1649.32.3.523
- ISSN
- 0012-1649
- eISSN
- 1939-0599
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/1996
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984214746502771
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