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Peer reviewedChi, Michelene T. H.; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1989
Three studies focused on: (1) the definition of structure in a specific domain of knowledge; and (2) the relationship between the ways in which knowledge is structured and the ways in which it is used. Evidence suggested that the knowledge of expert children is structured hierarchically into well-defined families and family-groups. (RH)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Structures, Definitions, Etiology
Peer reviewedShuart, Viola E.; Lewko, John H. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1988
Explores content or contextual validity of social rule classifications produced by sample of 12-year-old child coders. Analyses of variances revealed that categorization schemes generated by child coders were contextually valid as determined by raters' mean ratings. (Author/RWB)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, College Freshmen
