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Siegel, Linda S. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1977
The comprehension of big, little, and same number and the production of relational terminology was assessed in 168 preschool children. (Author/BD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Intellectual Development

Weiner, Susan L. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1974
"More" and "less" were analyzed into two meaning dimensions, "occurence" and "quantity", which were hypothesized to be developmentally related to acts of addition and subtraction. (SBT)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Concept Formation

Trehub, Sandra E.; Abramovitch, Rona – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1978
In an attempt to clarify the role of nonlinguistic preferences in children's responses to the words more and less, children 3-4 years of age were administered three tasks. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Intellectual Development, Language Acquisition

deVilliers, Peter A.; deVilliers, Jill G. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1974
Investigates the development and production of spatial deictic terms ("this/that", "here/there", "my/your") in the context of a hide-and-seek game using preschool children and college age adults. (Author/ED)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Comprehension

Lawson, Anton E. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1976
Eighty-two children (aged 4 through 6) were administered a Backward Digit Span test to measure M-space (mental capacity) and four conservation tasks: number, substance, continuous quantity and weight. (MS)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Conservation (Concept)