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Preschool Children's Consumer Learning
Author(s) -
Moschis George P.,
Lawton Joseph T.,
Stampfl Ronald W.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
home economics research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 0046-7774
DOI - 10.1177/1077727x8000900107
Subject(s) - psychology , test (biology) , developmental psychology , mathematics education , biology , paleontology
Children's learning of consumer economic concepts in two types of preschool teaching con ditions was contrasted. Children in the Ausubelian program (high proportion of teacher‐ directed learning activity) achieved a significantly higher level of performance on a test mea suring learning of consumer economic concepts than did children in the Piagetian program (high proportion of child‐directed activities). Children in the Ausubelian program were also more competent in applying such concepts to a shopping procedure.