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Peer reviewedArlin, Marshall – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1986
Describes two experiments that examined the effects of quantity and depth of processing on elementary school children's time perception. (HOD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention Control, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Peer reviewedMcWhirter, Elizabeth P. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1978
This replication study negates Bruner's finding that older subjects (age 15 and adult) understand the mathematical concept of ratio as exemplified by comparing judgments of fullness in pairs of glasses differing in height, diameter, and water volume. Weaknesses in Bruner's design and procedure that explain the discrepancy between the two studies…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation
Download full textBlaut, J. M. – 1971
A research project of environmental learning in children is discussed. Most of the studies conducted during the research involved observation of children aged 3-12, in mapping and free environmental behavior, and in curricular experiments using perceptual surrogates for map-learning and macro-environmental conceptualization in the lower elementary…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation
