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Peer reviewedReitsma, Pieter – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1978
Examines the processing of physical and nominal features of letters by children from grades 1, 2, and 6. Examines processing strategies in relation to reading ability. (BD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary School Students, Information Processing, Learning
Peer reviewedSamuels, Marilyn; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1978
Kindergarten, second, and fourth grade children were asked to recall letter sequences on a task which required the use of a verbal strategy, a positional strategy, or either of the two strategies. (BD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary School Students, Learning, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedTreiman, Rebecca; Broderick, Victor – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1998
Two studies compared children's knowledge about the letters in their name with knowledge of other letters. Findings indicated that Australian first graders and U.S. kindergartners and preschoolers had superior knowledge of letter-name, but not letter-sound, for first letter of their first name. Also, U.S. preschoolers were better at printing the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries
