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Peer reviewedLister, Caroline; And Others – Early Child Development and Care, 1989
Investigates the development of understanding of quantity in 36 children with Down's Syndrome. Findings confirmed similarities in sequence of development between Down's Syndrome children and nonretarded children. Down's children who received training recognized conservation of continuous and discontinuous quantity. (RJC)
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation
Peer reviewedKendall, Philip C.; Wilcox, Lance E. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1980
Findings support the effectiveness of an integration of cognitive and behavioral procedures for developing self-control in children and suggest the relative superiority of the conceptual approach to cognitive-behavioral treatment. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Children, Cognitive Development
Nevius, John; Murphy, J. Thomas – 1976
This paper argues that it is important to provide children with complementary activities in a horizontal arrangement in order to promote acceleration of vertical levels of thinking. A brief review of literature on the relationship between experience and logical thinking is presented and the definition and function of transfer are discussed.…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Teaching
Download full textCORTER, HAROLD M.; MCKINNEY, JAMES D. – 1966
THE MAJOR PURPOSE OF THIS RESEARCH WAS TO DETERMINE WHETHER TRAINING IN SPECIFIC COGNITIVE PROCESSES IS EFFECTIVE IN INCREASING THE COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING OF RETARDED CHILDREN. IN PHASE I OF THE PROJECT, 51 EDUCABLE RETARDED AND 18 NORMAL SUBJECTS RECEIVED A 20-DAY PROGRAM IN SIMILARITIES-DIFFERENCES CONCEPT FORMATION AND WERE COMPARED WITH 42…
Descriptors: Achievement, Adolescents, Children, Cognitive Development
