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Krekling, S.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1989
Among 294 children of three to eight years, tactual oddity learning increased gradually with age. The finding of bidirectional cross-modal transfer of oddity learning supported the suggestion that such transfer occurs when training and transfer oddity tasks share a common vehicle dimension. Results are considered consistent with the view that…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Learning, Problem Solving
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Whiteley, John H. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1985
Subjects from kindergarten-age to adult participated in four experiments. In order to view the stimuli, subjects in three experiments activated lights in viewing boxes; in the fourth experiment, stimulus fixations were measured using a corneal reflection technique. Results supported the view that visual observing is controlled by cognitive…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development
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Cramer, Phebe – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1976
The false recognition procedure was used to determine the relative dominance of visual and verbal memory organization at two grade levels. The results indicated that visual encoding was predominant for first graders, but that both visual and verbal encoding occurred with fourth graders. (MS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Elementary Education
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Dukette, Dianne; Stiles, Joan – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1996
Examines the development of young children's analysis of spatial patterns--specifically, hierarchical letter and geometric forms. Suggests that although children as young as four years of age demonstrated substantial analytic competence, their ability to integrate the parts of the spatial array to form a coherent whole was weaker and more easily…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages