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Jacques, Sophie; Zelazo, Philip David; Kirkham, Natasha Z.; Semcesen, Tanya K. – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Two experiments used error-detection to determine the reason for 3-year olds' perseverative errors on the postswitch phase of the Dimensional Change Card Sort. Results implied that perseveration cannot be attributed to difficulty inhibiting prepotent motor responses, but that changes in rule use between 3 and 5 years are more likely to increase…
Descriptors: Classification, Error Patterns, Performance Factors, Preschool Children
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Zelazo, Philip David; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1995
Two-year-olds' difficulty with rule execution was examined through one of six tasks: a task assessing knowledge about a series of items, a deductive card sort requiring the use of knowledge to sort items by rules, and four modifications of the card sort. Found that the toddlers performed better on the knowledge task than the other tasks. (MDM)
Descriptors: Classification, Error Patterns, Knowledge Level, Thinking Skills