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The Development of Communication: Attribute Variation Leads to Contrast Failure
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Whitehurst, Grover J.; Sonnenschein, Susan – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1978
Presents a study of communication development in 5-year-old children. Subjects described multidimensional triangles for the listener. Tasks involved simple or complex attribute variation. Results indicated success only on simple tasks. (CM)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Difficulty Level, Kindergarten Children, Research
Attention and Memory in Children and Adults in Context-Interactive and Context-Independent Situations.
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Ackerman, Brian P. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1987
Examines the relation between attention to target and context information and target recall in an incidental learning task for children and adults. Results support a distinction between context-interactive and context-independent situations and suggest that the attentional patterns that are efficient for memory may differ with the kind of…
Descriptors: Attention, Cognitive Development, Difficulty Level, Elementary Education