APS
31st APS Annual Convention
The Role of Decontextualized Talk in Children’s Cognitive Development
Decontextualized talk--talk removed from the here-and-now--might facilitate the development of complex cognitive competencies in children, because it requires children to think about abstract ideas outside the present context. This symposium describes the relation between decontextualized talk and specific cognitive skills: relational reasoning, prospection, visualization, and STEM understanding.
Chairs & Discussants
- Rebecca FrauselChair
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College - Susan Goldin-MeadowCoChair
University of Chicago
Presentations
- Relational Reasoning in Narrative and Non-Narrative Contexts from 14-58 MonthsRebecca Frausel, Lindsey Richland, Susan Levine, Susan Goldin-Meadow
- Conversation about the Future-Self Improves Preschoolers’ Prospection AbilitiesKathryn Leech, Kristin Leimgruber, Felix Warneken, Meredith Rowe
- Relations between Children’s Visualization and Narrative SkillsEce Demir-Lira, Donna Schatt, Susan Levine, Susan Goldin-Meadow
- Engineering Narratives Support Children’s STEM LearningGraciela Solis, Catherine Haden, David Uttal, Autumn Crowe, Diana Acosta, Lauren Pagano
