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Download full textCLELAND, DONALD L. – 1966
THE NATURE OF COMPREHENSION IS DEFINED AND CLARIFIED. THE LITERATURE IS SURVEYED TO SHOW THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONCEPTS IS IMPORTANT IN INTELLECTUAL ACTIVITIES. IT IS POINTED OUT THAT CONCEPTS ARE BUILT FROM PERCEPTS, IMAGES, SENSATION, AND MEMORIES, AND THAT THE STEPS WHICH ARE EMPLOYED AS CONCEPTS ARE BUILT AND REFINED AND INCLUDE PERCEIVING,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Conceptual Schemes, Intellectual Development
Peer reviewedKuczaj, Stan A., II; Maratsos, Michael P. – Child Development, 1975
Presents a study which assessed preschool children's understanding of "front,""back," and "side" through a variety of tasks. A developmental sequence is defined. (ED)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Conceptual Schemes
Case, Robbie – 1974
A functional (as opposed to structural) theory of intellectual development is presented and used to generate specific performance models for Piagetian tasks involving the control of variables (cf. Inhelder and Piaget, 1958). On the basis of these models, it is concluded that intelligent, field independent 7- and 8-year-olds should be able to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Conceptual Schemes, Conservation (Concept)
