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Peer reviewedCameron, Roy – Child Development, 1984
Relates the problem-solving behavior of second, fourth, and sixth graders to conceptual tempo. Correlations with indices of strategic and efficient performance on a pattern-matching task confirmed that reflectives are more strategic than impulsives. A task-analysis identified the sources of inefficiency for each child and related these sources to…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Style, Conceptual Tempo
Peer reviewedFrye, Douglas; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1986
Investigates the problem young children have in constructing diagonals, noting that, on the whole, they can not make diagonals in the horizontal/vertical configuration. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Difficulty Level
Peer reviewedChao, Chia-Chen; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1986
Describes four experiments conducted among adults and 3- to 7-year-olds to validate a task analysis that indicates that the equality, group enhancement, and superiority social decisions require a greater information processing load than the altruism, rivalry, and individualism social decisions. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development
Download full textCauley, Kathleen M. – 1986
This paper takes the position that logical knowledge is distinct from conceptual and procedural knowledge and can make a unique contribution to the understanding of knowledge acquisition. This view of logical knowledge departs from the traditional Piagetian view of stages and the overriding view of logic as the sole means of constructing new…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Children, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation
