R Bruce Thompson

Biographic Data

ID183759
NAMER Bruce Thompson
GIVEN NAMESR Bruce
FAMILY NAMEThompson
SIGNATURETHOMPSON R B
AFFILIATIONSGettysburg College
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS3
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2000
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX1

  • Poverty, affluence and the Socratic method

    Open AccessR Bruce Thompson, Robert B Thompson et al.ARTICLELanguage & Communication2016Cited by: 1References: 38

  • Socioeconomic Status and Parent-Child Relationships Predict Metacognitive Questions to Preschoolers

    Open AccessR Bruce Thompson, Robert B Thompson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psycholinguistic…2014Cited by: 1References: 60

  • Gender and age effects interact in preschoolers' help-seeking

    Open AccessR Bruce Thompson, Robert B Thompson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Child Language2012

    This study explored preschool age and gender differences in help-seeking within the theoretical framework of scaffolded problem-solving and self-regulation (Bruner, 1986; Rogoff, 1990; Vygotsky, 1978; 1986). Within-subject analyses tracked changes in help-seeking among 62 preschoolers (34 boys, 28 girls, mean age 4.22 years) solving a challenging puzzle with an adult. The goal was to document whether age and gender interact with fluctuating diffi…

  • The Effects of Preschool Girls’ and Boys’ Help Seeking on Adult Evaluations of Dyadic Problem Solving

    Open AccessR Bruce Thompson, Robert B Thompson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Language and Social…2006References: 32

    Children’s help seeking is ubiquitous in dyadic problem solving and fundamental to theories of scaffolded intellectual development. However, little is known about possible effects of variation in help seeking on adult perceptions. This was investigated by having adults evaluate preschoolers’ ability, achievement expectation, and motivation during a challenging task, unaware that the children were matched in performance, strategy, and language abi…

  • Collaborative Speech in Dyadic Problem Solving

    Open AccessR Bruce Thompson, Robert B Thompson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Language and Social…2000Cited by: 1References: 14

    Preschool gender differences in problem-solving discourse were further investigated. Spontaneous task-related talk of 103 preschool children (53 boys and 50 girls) was analyzed for the frequency of collaborative speech acts to explore a possible link with greater help-eliciting among girls. Girls were nearly exclusive users of collaborative speech. Those who used collaborative speech initiated more verbal turns, used more help-eliciting and self-…