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Peer reviewedCometa, Michael S.; Eson, Morris E. – Child Development, 1978
A group of 60 children from grades K, 1, 3, 4, and 8 were assessed via a battery of Piagetian tasks to determine their stages of cognitive development. They were then asked to interpret a number of metaphors ranging in frequency of occurrence in adult speech from common to rare. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Elementary School Students, Logical Thinking
