Interaction strategy | Age groups | F(3,70) | |||||||
Age 3 | Age 4 | Age 5 | Age 6 | ||||||
M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | ||
Attract attention | 0.043 | 0.031 | 0.035 | 0.051 | 0.009 | 0.012 | 0.014 | 0.026 | 4.464* (Age 3 > Age 5* Age 3 > Age 6*) |
Ask a question | 0.335 | 0.164 | 0.388 | 0.197 | 0.255 | 0.148 | 0.280 | 0.168 | 2.301 |
Open-ended | 0.255 | 0.140 | 0.307 | 0.213 | 0.200 | 0.123 | 0.231 | 0.151 | 1.512 |
Yes/no | 0.080 | 0.056 | 0.080 | 0.083 | 0.055 | 0.062 | 0.049 | 0.055 | 1.177 |
Feedback | 0.135 | 0.121 | 0.078 | 0.072 | 0.119 | 0.088 | 0.244 | 0.170 | 6.780*** (Age 6 > Age 4* Age 6 > Age 5*) |
No response | 0.002 | 0.009 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 1.123 |
Propose evaluation | 0.026 | 0.033 | 0.026 | 0.051 | 0.010 | 0.021 | 0.025 | 0.076 | 0.463 |
Provide information | 0.241 | 0.160 | 0.310 | 0.183 | 0.445 | 0.231 | 0.308 | 0.185 | 3.621* (Age 5 > Age 3* Age 5 > Age 4* Age 5 > Age 6*) |
Repeat or clarify | 0.096 | 0.060 | 0.031 | 0.037 | 0.027 | 0.031 | 0.019 | 0.032 | 12.760 *** (Age 3 > Age 4* Age 3 > Age 5* Age 3 > Age 6*) |
Task instruction | 0.122 | 0.130 | 0.133 | 0.124 | 0.135 | 0.146 | 0.109 | 0.141 | 0.142 |