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Imaginal Factors in the Coding of Random Patterns by Children

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Mwanalushi, Muyunda – Child Development, 1974

Thirty elementary school students were assigned to one of three experimental conditions, (labeling, imagery, or control) in a pattern reproduction task. (ST)

Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Information Processing, Pattern Recognition, Perceptual Development

Visual Masking and Developmental Differences in Information Processing

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Miller, Leon K. – Child Development, 1972

Results were interpreted in terms of current conceptions of age differences in information-processing speed. (Author)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Data Analysis, Developmental Psychology, Information Processing

Children's Use of Prototypes in Pattern Classification

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Drummond, Thomas B.; And Others – Child Development, 1973

In a schematic concept formation task, second and fifth graders were required to sort 60 computer-generated, 8-sided polygons into two classes. The results indicated that age differences in schematic concept formation are due more to the efficiency of information use than to differences in strategy or the selection of information to be used. (ST)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Classification, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation