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| Title |
Children’s understanding of Aesop’s fables: relations to reading comprehension and theory of mind
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, October 2015
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01448 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Janette Pelletier, Ruth Beatty |
| Abstract |
Two studies examined children's developing understanding of Aesop's fables in relation to reading comprehension and to theory of mind. Study 1 included 172 children from Junior Kindergarten through Grade 6 in a school-wide examination of the relation between reading comprehension skills and understanding of Aesop's fables told orally. Study 2 examined the relation between theory of mind and fables understanding among 186 Junior (4-year-old) and Senior (5-year-old) Kindergarten children. Study 1 results showed a developmental progression in fables understanding with children's responses becoming increasingly decontextualized as they were able to extract the life lesson. After general vocabulary, passage comprehension predicted fables understanding. Study 2 results showed a relation between young children's theory of mind development and their understanding of fables. After general vocabulary, second-order theory of mind predicted children's fables understanding. Findings point to the importance of developing mental state awareness in children's ability to judge characters' intentions and to understand the deeper message embedded in fables. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 33% |
| Iceland | 1 | 33% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 73 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 73 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 5% |
| Lecturer | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 6 | 8% |
| Unknown | 29 | 40% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 22 | 30% |
| Arts and Humanities | 7 | 10% |
| Linguistics | 3 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 4% |
| Neuroscience | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 5 | 7% |
| Unknown | 31 | 42% |
Attention Score in Context
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