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Donovan, Andrea Marquardt; Alibali, Martha W. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2021
This research examined whether children's construals of mathematical manipulatives -- as toys or as tools for doing mathematics -- influenced their learning from a lesson with the manipulatives. Children (grades 2 and 3) were presented with a set of buckets and beanbags, and they were either given no information about the manipulatives (control)…
Descriptors: Manipulative Materials, Toys, Play, Mathematics Instruction
Menendez, David; Jiang, Matthew J.; Edwards, Kaitlin M.; Rosengren, Karl S.; Alibali, Martha W. – Grantee Submission, 2020
Parents are typically in charge of purchasing the food that their children eat, but little is known about how parents decide if particular foods are healthy for their children and how their beliefs about nutrition influence their children's beliefs. In two studies, we investigated how parents of children ages 4 to 12 (N = 826) make decisions about…
Descriptors: Food, Parent Attitudes, Nutrition, Childrens Attitudes