Learning from their mistakes: glimpses of symbolic functioning in two-and-a-half to three-year-old children.

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The British Association for Early Childhood Education

Zero to Three

Learning and Teaching Scotland – Early Years

Under Fives – Early Years Education Website

Early Years Educator

Effective Provision of Pre-school education (EPPE)

The following references are selected from the study:

Chen, Z. & Siegler, R. S. (2000) Across the great divide: bridging the gap between understanding of toddlers' and older children's thinking. Monograph of the Society for Research in Child Development, 65(2) serial no. 261.

DeLoache, J. S. (1987) Rapid change in the symbolic functioning of very young children. Science, 238 pp.1556-1557.

DeLoache, J. S. (1989) Young children's understanding of the correspondence between a scale model and a larger space. Cognitive Development, 4(2) pp.121-139.

Mandler, J. M. (1983) Representation. In: Mussen, P. H. (ed) Handbook of child psychology vol. III Cognitive development. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Zelazo, P. D. & Resnick, J. S. (1991) Age-related asynchrony of knowledge and action. Child Development, 62(4) pp.719-735.

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Research Home Themes \| Find digests \| About the digests resources glossary researchers contact TRIPS Introduction How do children's problem-solving skills develop between the ages of 2½ and 3? What do we know about young children's thinking? What did the research show? How were the tests performed? How can teachers and other adults help improve children's thinking? Implications Where can I find out more? Send us your feedback Collated digests To view/remove/add notes and save your collated digests click here Get Word Reader Learning from their mistakes: glimpses of symbolic functioning in two-and-a-half to three-year-old children. This digest found in Early years Thinking skills Send to a friend Word doc 50KB Printer friendly Collate for later Where can I find out more? The following web sites may be helpful. There are many others: The British Association for Early Childhood Education Zero to Three Learning and Teaching Scotland – Early Years Under Fives – Early Years Education Website Early Years Educator Effective Provision of Pre-school education (EPPE) The following references are selected from the study: Chen, Z. & Siegler, R. S. (2000) Across the great divide: bridging the gap between understanding of toddlers' and older children's thinking. Monograph of the Society for Research in Child Development, 65(2) serial no. 261. DeLoache, J. S. (1987) Rapid change in the symbolic functioning of very young children. Science, 238 pp.1556-1557. DeLoache, J. S. (1989) Young children's understanding of the correspondence between a scale model and a larger space. Cognitive Development, 4(2) pp.121-139. Mandler, J. M. (1983) Representation. In: Mussen, P. H. (ed) Handbook of child psychology vol. III Cognitive development. New York: John Wiley & Sons. Zelazo, P. D. & Resnick, J. S. (1991) Age-related asynchrony of knowledge and action. Child Development, 62(4) pp.719-735.