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Young Children's Understanding of Random Phenomena.
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Kuzmak, Sylvia D; Gelman, Rochel – Child Development, 1986
Describes two experiments that assessed young children's understanding of the characteristic uncertainty in the physical nature of random phenomena as well as the unpredictability of outcomes. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Perception, Perceptual Development
Developmental Differences in Part/Whole Identification.
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Prather, P A; Bacon, Joshua – Child Development, 1986
Describes preschool children's ability to simultaneously perceive multiple aspects of an object in two experiments during which three- to five-year-olds were asked to describe part/whole pictures. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Metacognition, Perceptual Development, Pictorial Stimuli
What Is "High"? The Development of Reference Points for "High" and "Low."
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Smith, Linda B.; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Examines how reference points for the categorical interpretation of high and low (adjectives) were defined by three- to five-year-old children and adults. Shows categorical interpretations of relative terms to be complex dependent. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adults, Classification, Cognitive Ability
Infant Information Processing in Relation to Six-Year Cognitive Outcomes.
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Rose, Susan A.; And Others – Child Development, 1992
Infants' visual recognition memory (VRM) at seven months was associated with their general intelligence, language proficiency, reading and quantitative skills, and perceptual organization at six years. Infants' VRM, object permanence, and cross-modal transfer of perceptions at one year were related to their IQ and several outcomes at six years.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Early Reading, Followup Studies