Honors Theses and Capstones
Date of Award
Spring 2015
Project Type
Senior Honors Thesis
College or School
COLA
Department
Psychology
Program or Major
Psychology
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
First Advisor
Michelle Leichtman
Abstract
Preschool children participated in a science-learning event about light in their own classroom. The same day as the event, parents or caregivers were instructed to converse with their children at home in the evening about either the science learning event or another ‘special or fun’ event that happened to them recently in whatever way was natural for them. One week later, a researcher interviewed children to examine what they remembered about the science-learning event. Analyses focused on the impact of the topic and degree of elaboration of parent-child conversations on children’s memory for the science-learning event a week later. The findings have implications for best practices in preschool education.
Recommended Citation
Stone, Emily A., "Parental Conversation Styles and Learning Science With Preschoolers" (2015). Honors Theses and Capstones. 230.
https://scholars.unh.edu/honors/230