Publications by authors named "Samantha Basch"

Decades of research have informed about ways in which infants and young children learn through action in connection with their sensory system. However, this research has not strongly addressed the issues of cultural diversity or taken into account everyday cultural experiences of young learners across different communities. Diversifying the scholarship of early learning calls for paradigm shifts, extending beyond the analysis at the individual level to make close connections with real-world experience while placing culture front and center.

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Article Synopsis
  • Causal reasoning helps us understand how different events are connected, and it's important for figuring out how the world works.
  • The paper looks at two main theories about how young kids learn about causes: Explanation-Based Learning (EBL), which focuses on infants, and Bayesian models, which are for older kids.
  • It suggests that connecting these two theories can help us understand how kids learn about causes better, especially through conversations with their caregivers that include talks about reasons and asking questions.
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