Journal article
Relations between task structure and developmental changes in children's use of spatial clustering strategies
British journal of developmental psychology, Vol.15(4), pp.495-514
Received 29 September 1994; revised version received 10 December 1996
11/1997
DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-835X.1997.tb00743.x
Abstract
Two experiments investigated how the supportiveness of the task influences children's use of spatial clustering strategies. Experiment 1 documented developmental differences in 6-, 8-and 10-year-olds' use of spatial clustering in a tour-planning and in a free recall task. Children hid objects in a dollhouse and later recalled the objects or planned a tour of the objects. Ten-year-olds, but not 6-and 8-year-olds, who planned the tour showed more spatial clustering than did their counterparts who performed the standard free recall task. Experiment 2 investigated transfer of spatial clustering strategies from the more supportive tour-planning task to the free recall task. Eight-and 10-year-olds again hid objects in the dollhouse and then performed a tour-planning or a free recall task. Immediately afterward, all children performed a free recall of the objects. Ten-year-olds, but not 8-ycar-olds, who performed the tour-planning task first showed significantly mure spatial clustering in their subsequent free recall than did their counterparts who performed the free recall task first. Discussion focuses on factors that lead to developmental changes in children s ability to apply their spatial clustering skills to different tasks.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Relations between task structure and developmental changes in children's use of spatial clustering strategies
- Creators
- Jodie M Plumert - Department of Psychology, 11 SSH East, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, 1A 52242, USADavid Strahan - Department of Psychology, 11 SSH East, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, 1A 52242, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- British journal of developmental psychology, Vol.15(4), pp.495-514
- Edition
- Received 29 September 1994; revised version received 10 December 1996
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.2044-835X.1997.tb00743.x
- ISSN
- 0261-510X
- eISSN
- 2044-835X
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 20
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/1997
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984213397602771
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