Younger children have difficulty extracting the abstract theme of a narrative text¶

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Evidence · 1 study · review r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2022 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? In a vignette-selection study, only 11% of third graders, 45% of fifth graders, and 91% of adults selected the vignette entailing the same theme as a narrative text about fairness. → Luciano Gasser · Yvonne Dammert · P. Karen Murphy 2022

Evidence¶

Luciano Gasser · Yvonne Dammert · P. Karen Murphy 2022¶

Luciano Gasser · Yvonne Dammert · P. Karen Murphy. (2022). How Do Children Socially Learn from Narrative Fiction: Getting the Lesson, Simulating Social Worlds, or Dialogic Inquiry? Educational Psychology Review (2022) 34:1445–1475. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-022-09667-4

q2 · i? · review · r3

The review reports, citing Narvaez et al. (1999), that third graders, fifth graders, and adults read fictional texts with fairness lessons and evaluated vignettes varied by deep and surface characteristics; theme selection increased strongly with age.

"Only 11% of the third graders, 45% of the fifth graders, and 91% of the adults selected the vignette entailing the same theme. Third graders most often selected the vignette with the same plot (but a different theme), while fifth graders were less affected by superficial details."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Age and Developmental Stage — predictor: learners who differ on it differ in outcomes

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