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Peer reviewedBenson, Janette B.; Uzgiris, Ina C. – Developmental Psychology, 1985
Results of a study of 10- and 11- month-old infants support Piaget's hypothesis that practical, action-based knowledge during infancy is involved in achievement of spatial understanding and that the experience of self-initiated locomotion contributes to spatial development. (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Infants, Perceptual Motor Learning, Spatial Ability
Peer reviewedEnns, James T.; Girgus, Joan S. – Developmental Psychology, 1986
Three experiments with observers aged 6 to 21 years of age examined the integration of shape information over successive glances. Results indicated age-related improvements in the sequential integration of shape information, both when integration occurs through successive glimpses over space and when information is separated only in time. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Encoding (Psychology)
Peer reviewedVogel, Susan A.; Walsh, Patricia C. – Annals of Dyslexia, 1987
Gender differences in level and pattern of cognitive abilities were examined in 49 learning-disabled college students. Females were stronger in visual-motor abilities and verbal conceptualization, whereas the males' highest abilities were nonverbal visual-spatial. Both groups showed weaknesses in memory for digits and factual knowledge and in…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Tests
van der Sanden, Johan M. M.; Schouten, Tony A. – 1985
Research was performed in lower grade technical schools in the Netherlands to study complex psychomotor tasks requiring integration of several task-dependent skills. In two studies, students were observed performing metal work. They were assigned to instructional conditions of high, intermediate or low structure. Students in the high-structure…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Factor Analysis
