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A Developmental Study of Preschool Children's Understanding of the Words "Know" and "Guess."
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Miscione, John L.; And Others – Child Development, 1978
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Fundamental Concepts, Intellectual Development
Understanding of Mental Processes: A Developmental Study of "Remember" and "Forget."
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Wellman, Henry M.; Johnson, Carl N. – Child Development, 1979
Assesses comprehension of the mental verbs "remember" and "forget" among three-, four-, five-, and seven-year-old children by having the child judge whether or not toy characters in different situations remembered or forgot. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Elementary Education
Front, Back, and Side: Stages of Acquisition. Papers and Reports on Child Language Development, No. 8.
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Kuczaj, Stan A., II; Maratsos, Michael P. – Child Development, 1974
The concepts of front, back, and side may be easily understood in relation to an intrinsically fronted item, but with a nonfronted object they depend on situational or psychological cues. A study investigated a child's awareness of the front, back, and side of his own body and of fronted and nonfronted objects. Researchers hypothesized that a…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Cognitive Development, Comprehension