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Tzuriel, David; Isman, Esther B.; Klung, Tamar; Haywood, H. Carl – Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 2017
Children, 4-6 years of age, in special education kindergartens were randomly assigned to a classification training (n 45) and a comparison (n 49) group. Children in the training group were taught the Classification unit of Bright Start, whereas those in the comparison group received a regular content-oriented curriculum. Both groups were given…
Descriptors: Young Children, Kindergarten, Special Education, Students with Disabilities
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Diesendruck, Gil; Peretz, Shimon – Developmental Psychology, 2013
Visual appearance is one of the main cues children rely on when categorizing novel objects. In 3 studies, testing 128 3-year-olds and 192 5-year-olds, we investigated how various kinds of information may differentially lead children to overlook visual appearance in their categorization decisions across domains. Participants saw novel animals or…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Classification, Perception, Animals
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Stavy, Ruth – School Science and Mathematics, 1991
The development of students' (n=80) conceptions of matter was investigated. Students' ideas about matter were examined by asking students to verbally explain what matter means and to classify items into matter and nonmatter. A major difficulty is indicated by students regarding the concept of matter. (KR)
Descriptors: Chemistry, Classification, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Strauss, Helen; Lewin, Isaac – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1982
Analyzed the Weigl-Goldstein-Scheerer Color-Form Test using a sample of Danish children. Distinguished three dimensions: configuration of sorting, verbalization of the sorting principle, and the flexibility of switching sorting principle. The three dimensions proved themselves to constitute the a-priori-defined gradients. Results indicated a…
Descriptors: Child Development, Classification, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Processes