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Simcock, Gabrielle; DeLoache, Judy – Developmental Psychology, 2006
What do toddlers learn from everyday picture-book reading interactions? To date, there has been scant research exploring this question. In this study, the authors adapted a standard imitation procedure to examine 18- to 30-month-olds' ability to learn how to reenact a novel action sequence from a picture book. The results provide evidence that…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Interaction, Picture Books, Imitation
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Zimmerman, Barry J.; Rosenthal, Ted L. – Developmental Psychology, 1974
The effects of modeling and corrective feedback on the conservation of equalities and inequalities were studied. Both training methods were successful in teaching children to conserve. Trained children were also capable of generalizing their learning to new conservation tasks. (CS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Conservation (Concept), Feedback, Generalization
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Charbonneau, Claude; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1976
Twenty first-graders observed an adult model perform a quantity conservation task. The children were then tested on a series of generalization tasks immediately, after one week, and after three months. The results suggested that the social experience of observation appeared to activate a cognitive restructuring of the children's mental operations.…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Conservation (Concept)
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Denney, Douglas R.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1973
Results of this study demonstrate that constraint-seeking conceptual strategies can be trained in children as young as 6 years of age. (Authors/CB)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Data Analysis, Developmental Psychology