The Road Not Taken: Understanding the Implications of Initial Uncertainty in Evaluating Spatial Directions.

Flavell, John H.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1985

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The Road Not Taken: Understanding the Implications of Initial Uncertainty in Evaluating Spatial Directions.

Flavell, John H.; And Others

Developmental Psychology, v21 n2 p207-16 Mar 1985

In this developmental study of sustained cognitive monitoring, second graders, sixth graders, and college students followed a two-part sequence of spatial directions and then made judgments about reaching the destination intended by direction giver. Cognitive monitoring skills of the type examined appear to be useful in many real-world cognitive enterprises. (Author/DST)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Elementary Education, Postsecondary Education, Spatial Ability, Young Adults

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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