D&M Ch 10 Discussion Questions

1 - Metacognitive task with two balls, a ball, and play-doh jars.

• theory of mind -- hide the ball, then move it, when one of the dolls isn't looking
• Ask the kid to remember the items, first the names, then the names and looking at them, then the names and playing with them
• mold the play-doh into shapes. What is this? (bird) Is this really a bird? (no)

Since Tristan is 5, I would expect him to pass the theory of mind and appearance-reality tests. If not, it may be that he has not yet developed the idea that other minds are separate from his own.

2 - Monitoring -- contexts when children are good at judging their learning and/or retrieval.

Younger children did not seem to choose strategies on memory tests, and had overconfidence, even after many trials. Rudimentary metacognitive capabilities seem to exist but have not fully developed.