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…children’s questions imply the orchestration of several different skills: recognition of a gap or missing piece of knowledge; the ability to imagine the way that things might be—to anticipate possible answers to a question; an appreciation of how other people can serve as informants who help to decide among those possible answers; and the realization that a question is a tool that can elicit pertinent information from an informant.

Quote ID: 01153

Author

Paul Harris

Source

Trusting What You’re Told

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