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Selective Imitation of the Passive Construction through Modeling

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Whitehurst, Grover J.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1974

Descriptors: Imitation, Language Acquisition, Observational Learning, Preschool Children

Classification Training in Two- and Three-Year-Old Children

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Denney, Nancy Wadsworth; Acito, Marlene A. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1974

Preschool children who did not group a set of geometric stimuli according to complete similarity on a pretest were taught classification wither in a modeling or in a reinforcement condition. Modeling was found to be an effective means of teaching classification behavior. (ST)

Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Learning Processes