ADULTS' COGNITIVE DEMANDS AT HOME AND AT NURSERY SCHOOL
- 1 April 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
- Vol. 23 (2), 105-116
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.1982.tb00056.x
Abstract
A study was made of the cognitive demands made of children during spontaneous conversations with their teachers at nursery school and their mothers at home. Social class differences were small compared with home/school differences. Teachers'' talk contained a higher proportion of cognitive demands and testing demands than did mothers'' talk; however, the hourly rate of these demands was higher in the mothers'' talk. Teachers used more demands for attributes, simple descriptions and interpretations, while mothers used more demands for recall and explanation of motives and purposes. More demands were left unanswered at school than at home. The implications for nursery education are discussed.Keywords
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