Components and Mechanisms: How Children Talk About Machines in Museum Exhibits

The current investigation examines children’s (N = 61; 4- to 8-year old) learning about a novel machine in a local history museum. Parent–child dyads were audio-recorded as they navigated an exhibit that contained a novel artifact: a coffee grinder from the turn of the 20th century. Prior to enterin...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth Attisano, Shaylene E. Nancekivell, Stephanie Denison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.636601/full