Exploring Children's Knowledge about Animals and Cartoon Characters.

Autor/in	Hayes, Karen N.
Titel	Exploring Children's Knowledge about Animals and Cartoon Characters.
Quelle	(1985), (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Age Differences; Animals; Cartoons; Cognitive Development; Elementary School Students; Identification; Knowledge Level; Memory; Preschool Children; Preschool Education; Primary Education; Young Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Zeichentrickfilm; Kognitive Entwicklung; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Wissensbasis; Gedächtnis; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Primarbereich; Frühe Kindheit
Abstract	In two phases, this study examined age-related changes in children's knowledge about two familiar domains and how these domains are organized in permanent memory. Forty 5-year-olds and 40 7-year-olds from a small academic community generated exemplars from the animal and cartoon character domains and provided information about sets of animals and cartoon characters. It was found that the production of exemplars increased with age, and children tended to report more animals than cartoons. Interpretations of clusters evident in children's protocols were similar for each age and reflected prior knowledge. The production of information also increased with age, and varied according to type of information and domain. It was concluded that the findings provide evidence of age changes in knowledge and serve as a critical base for future examinations of the influence of prior knowledge on memory. (Author/RH)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01