"Plan Chunking" Expands 3-Year-Olds' Ability to Complete Multiple-Step Plans

Autor/inn/en	Blankenship, Tashauna L.; Kibbe, Melissa M.
Titel	"Plan Chunking" Expands 3-Year-Olds' Ability to Complete Multiple-Step Plans
Quelle	In: Child Development, 94 (2023) 5, S.1330-1339 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Blankenship, Tashauna L.) ORCID (Kibbe, Melissa M.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-3920
DOI	10.1111/cdev.13929
Schlagwörter	Preschool Children; Cognitive Ability; Memory; Maps; Goal Orientation; Sequential Approach; Task Analysis; Cognitive Processes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Denkfähigkeit; Gedächtnis; Map; Karte; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Schrittfolge; Aufgabenanalyse; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess
Abstract	The ability to use knowledge to guide the completion of goals is a critical cognitive skill, but 3-year-olds struggle to complete goals that require multiple steps. This study asked whether 3-year-olds could benefit from "plan chunking" to complete multistep goals. Thirty-two U.S. children (range = 35.75-46.59 months; 18 girls; 9 white, 3 mixed race, 20 unknown; tested between July 2020 and April 2021) were asked to complete "treasure maps," retrieving four colored map pieces by pressing specific buttons on a "rainbow box." Children completed more of the four-step sequence correctly when the steps were presented in a way that encouraged chunking the steps into pairs. These findings suggest a potential mechanism supporting memory-guided planning abilities in early childhood. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01