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Direct linkTeresa, McCormack; Hoerl, Christoph – Developmental Psychology, 2005
Four experiments examined children's ability to reason about the causal significance of the order in which 2 events occurred (the pressing of buttons on a mechanically operated box). In Study 1, 4-year-olds were unable to make the relevant inferences, whereas 5-year-olds were successful on one version of the task. In Study 2, 3-year-olds were…
Descriptors: Inferences, Cues, Children, Preschool Children
Peer reviewedSchmidt, Constance R.; Paris, Scott G. – Child Development, 1978
The role of reversibility in children's comprehension and memory for sequences of pictures was investigated for children in preschool, kindergarten, and first and second grades. Bidirectionality in the ability to remember and infer antecedents and consequences was assessed. (JMB)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Comprehension, Elementary School Students, Memory
Peer reviewedLowe, Richard K. – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 1996
Shows that the construction of mental representations that capture a situation based on the comprehension of a diagram are mediated by the possession of appropriate background knowledge. Indicates that background knowledge deficiencies may make it difficult for beginning students of a domain to construct suitable mental representations from…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Processes, Concept Mapping, Diagrams
