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The Internal Mechanism of Children’s Question

Ruchuan Zhang

Abstract


Asking questions is a type of activity in verbal communication. Children’s asking questions shows their nature and reflects the characteristics of active learning. This paper reveals the intrinsic characteristics of children’s questioning by expounding the relationship between questioning and curiosity, between questioning and creative thinking, between questioning and the development of speech ability, and between questioning and cognitive mechanism.

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Early childhood education; Young children’s questions; Active learning; Cognitive development

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v7i6.7743

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