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Peer reviewedParrill-Brunstein, Melinda – Child Development, 1978
Investigated the effectiveness of a training procedure corresponding to a component analysis of a hypothesis-testing task in improving kindergarten children's problem-solving abilities. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Feedback, Hypothesis Testing, Kindergarten Children, Problem Solving
Peer reviewedMitchell, Christine; Ault, Ruth L. – Child Development, 1979
In terms of Kagan's theory of the problem-solving process, this study explores the relationship between reflection-impulsivity, hypothesis generation and testing, and evaluation of the quality of one's own solutions among children approximately 8 to 12 years old. (JMB)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Conceptual Tempo
Direct linkBeck, Sarah R.; Robinson, Elizabeth J.; Carroll, Daniel J.; Apperly, Ian A. – Child Development, 2006
Two experiments explored whether children's correct answers to counter factual and future hypothetical questions were based on an understanding of possibilities. Children played a game in which a toy mouse could run down either 1 of 2 slides. Children found it difficult to mark physically both possible outcomes, compared to reporting a single…
Descriptors: Educational Experiments, Child Development, Young Children, Probability
Peer reviewedCantor, Joan H.; Spiker, Charles C. – Child Development, 1979
Subjects were trained against their initial dimensional preference in a two-dimensional simultaneous discrimination learning task. (RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Dimensional Preference, Discrimination Learning, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedOffenbach, Stuart I. – Child Development, 1980
According to Hypothesis (H) theory, learning should be very difficult when the number of Hs the subject samples from is very large and/or the correct H is not available. These assumptions were tested with third- and fourth-grade children. In general, results supported these assumptions. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning, Elementary School Students, Failure
