Acceso usuarios
David M. Sobel, Zoe Finiasz
One way children are remarkable learners is that they learn from others. Critically, children are selective whenassessing from whom to learn, particularly in the domain of word learning. We conducted an analysis of chil-dren’s selective word learning, reviewing 63 papers on 6,525 participants. Children’s ability to engage in selec-tive word learning appeared to be present in the youngest samples surveyed. Their more metacognitiveunderstanding that epistemic competence indicates reliability or that others are good sources of knowledgehas more of a developmental trajectory. We also found that various methodological factors used to assess chil-dren influence performance. We conclude with a synthesis of theoretical accounts of how children learn fromothers.
