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Mansfield, Richard S.; Clark, Kathleen S. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1977
Seventy two first, second and third grade boys and girls were administered seriation problems involving different combinations of shape and color variation. Success rates and latency scores were influenced by shape variation, but not by color variation or grade level. (BD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Color, Elementary School Students, Primary Education
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Hagen, John W.; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1974
A short-term memory task was used to explore the effects of verbal labeling and rehearsal on serial-position recall in mildly retarded 9-to 11-year-old children. Results support the view that verbal skills affect recall in mildly retarded children similarly to normal children. (Author/SDH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Handicapped Children, Labeling (of Persons), Memory
Fahrmeier, Edward D.; Medin, Douglas L. – 1975
In order to examine the nature of dimensional processing in children, 20 kindergarten and 20 third grade Chinese-American children were asked to make similarity judgments for unidimensional sets of stimuli differing in color (hue), size, and shape, respectively. Age differences were generally confined to the color set. The judgments of the older…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Chinese Americans, Cultural Differences, Dimensional Preference