Strategy Choice in Sociocultural Context

Historically, research on strategy development has focused on charting changes in modal strategy use associated with age and experience. In recent years, however, researchers have begun to document the variety of strategies children have in their repertoires at different ages and with different degr...

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Published inDevelopmental review Vol. 17; no. 4; pp. 490 - 524
Main Author Ellis, Shari
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Inc 01.12.1997
Subjects
Age Differences
Children
Cognitive Strategies
Context Effect
Cultural Influences
Decision Making
Learning Experience
Learning Processes
Learning Strategies
Memory
Metacognition
Problem Solving
Recall (Psychology)
Social Influence
Social Influences
Sociocultural Factors
Strategies
Strategy Choice
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Summary:Historically, research on strategy development has focused on charting changes in modal strategy use associated with age and experience. In recent years, however, researchers have begun to document the variety of strategies children have in their repertoires at different ages and with different degrees of experience on tasks. Of growing importance is understanding the processes by which children choose among available approaches. In this paper, I review evidence that sociocultural influences play a powerful role in shaping both the repertoires of strategies individuals have available to solve problems, and the choices they make among those strategies.
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ISSN:0273-2297
1090-2406
DOI:10.1006/drev.1997.0444