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Cui, Yixin Kelly; Clegg, Jennifer M.; Yan, Eleanor Fang; Davoodi, Telli; Harris, Paul L.; Corriveau, Kathleen H. – Developmental Psychology, 2020
When learning about the existence of unobservable scientific phenomena such as germs or religious phenomena such as God, children are receptive to the testimony of other people. Research in Western cultures has shown that by 5 to 6 years of age, children--like adults--are confident about the existence of both scientific and religious phenomena. We…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Childrens Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Beliefs
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Vella, Yosanne – Teaching History, 2011
The small-scale research that Yosanne Vella reports in this article was driven by concern to help pupils develop "big picture" visions of the past and to engage effectively with the idea of change as a process rather than an event. The strategy that she adopts--asking groups of students to colour in a timeline recording their judgement…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, History Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Social Change