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Environmental Factors Related to Cognitive-Intellectual Development at Two Age Levels: When Does the Environment Influence Early Intelligence?
Gandour, Mary Jane; And Others – 1982
The two studies reported here explore recent findings indicating that few relationships exist between environmental stimulation and cognitive development during the first 6 months of life. In the first study, three separate home visits (two 90 minutes and one 30 minutes long) were used to assess the physical and social environments of 100…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Early Experience, Family Environment
Problem Mapping before Problem Solving: Young Children's Cognitive Maps and Search Strategies in Large-Scale Environments.
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Anooshian, Linda J.; And Others – Child Development, 1984
Results of two studies suggested that acquisition of route mapping during the preschool years provides a means of organizing spatial information and internal representations necessary for successful problem solving in general. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Mapping, Early Experience
Utilization of a Piagetian Approach in the Investigation of Early Experience Effects: A Research Strategy and Some Illustrative Data
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Wachs, Theodore D. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1976
Illustrates the use of a Piagetian-influenced research strategy in overcoming existing methodological problems in human experience research and presents illustrative data on human early experience research which has so far yielded inconsistent data. (GO)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience
Research in Review. Early Cognitive Development in Deaf Children.
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Roberts, Gail C. – Young Children, 1979
Reviews research pertaining to various aspects of early cognitive development in deaf children. (CM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Deafness
Infant Day Care: Some Research Findings.
Vroegh, Karen – 1976
This paper presents a study of the effects of "typical" infant day care on children's behavior and development. The variables studied include center versus home programs, length of time in day care, age of child and sex of child. Subjects for the study were 114 boys and girls (ranging in age from 12 to 36 months) enrolled in either a day…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Child Development, Cognitive Development