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Peer reviewedOverton, Willis F.; Jackson, Joseph P. – Child Development, 1973
Major finding of this study demonstrates clear support for the proposed developmental sequence of gestural representation. (Authors)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Imagination
Direct linkDick, Anthony Steven; Overton, Willis F.; Kovacs, Stacie L. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2005
Children's developing competence with symbolic representations was assessed in 3 studies. Study 1 examined the hypothesis that the production of imaginary symbolic objects in pantomime requires the simultaneous coordination of the dual representations of a dynamic action and a symbolic object. We explored this coordination of symbolic…
Descriptors: Pantomime, Skill Development, Cognitive Development, Children
