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Children's Ability to Detect Semantic Contradictions
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Glass, Arnold L.; And Others – Child Development, 1977
Children in grades 1, 3, and 5 were asked to decide whether selected contradictory sentences were true or false. The age at which children were first able to evaluate the false sentences correctly corresponded to the relative speed with which adults evaluated the sentences in a timed vertification task. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comprehension, Elementary Education, Intellectual Development
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
On the Acquisition of Front, Back, and Side
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Kuczaj, Stan A., II; Maratsos, Michael P. – Child Development, 1975
Presents a study which assessed preschool children's understanding of "front,""back," and "side" through a variety of tasks. A developmental sequence is defined. (ED)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Conceptual Schemes
The Effect of Word Order on Young Children's Responses to Simple Questions and Commands
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Wetstone, Harriet S.; Friedlander, Bernard Z. – Child Development, 1973
The study investigated the communicative effectiveness of word order in preschoolers' comprehension of meaning using simple questions and commands in an at-home play context. (ST)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Comprehension, Intellectual Development, Language Acquisition