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Yang, Hui-Chin; Noel, Andrea M. – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2006
The drawings of 17 four- to five-year-old children from two points in time, age four and age five were analyzed. At both ages four and five, the most commonly used scribbles were single vertical lines, single horizontal lines, and single curved lines, whereas the two least used scribbles were spiral and circular lines spread out. The subjects in…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Freehand Drawing, Writing Skills, Childrens Writing
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Ellis, Ann E.; Oakes, Lisa M. – Developmental Psychology, 2006
A sequential-touching task was used to investigate whether 14-month-old infants can rapidly change how they categorize a set of objects, recognizing new groupings of objects they had previously categorized in a different way. When presented with a collection of objects that could be categorized by shape (balls vs. blocks) or material (soft vs.…
Descriptors: Infants, Classification, Sequential Approach, Dimensional Preference
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Ellis, H. D.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1987
Seventeen visually impaired children, aged 7-11 years, were compared with sighted children on a test of facial recognition and a test of expression identification. The visually impaired children were less able to recognize faces successfully but showed no disadvantage in discerning facial expressions such as happiness, anger, surprise, or fear.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Elementary Education, Facial Expressions, Identification