Children's exploratory behavior is related to their question asking¶

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q2 i? In observational work reviewed, children's exploration of novel objects was significantly related to their question asking. → Jirout 2011

Evidence¶

Jirout 2011¶

Jirout, J. & Klahr, D. (2011). Children's scientific curiosity: In search of an operational definition of an elusive concept. Developmental Review (in press, draft). https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/developmental-review

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The review reports, citing Endsley and colleagues (1979), observations of 5-year-old children interacting with novel and familiar toys while mothers were present; exploration of novel objects related significantly to question asking, with no sex differences found.

"Children's exploration of novel objects was found to be significantly related to their question asking, and there were no significant differences between male and female children's exploration of novel objects or their question asking."

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