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Taschow, Horst G. – 1971
In Piaget's dynamic conception of the child's cognitive growth, the transition from sensory-motor intelligence to the developmental stage of representational intelligence occurs during 5 to 7 years of age. The development proceeds from undifferentiation to differentiation, from unintentional to intentional, from unintelligent to intelligent, and…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Conference Reports, Intellectual Development
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Morgan, Sam B. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1986
Findings from relevant research applying Piaget's theory to mental retardation, psychosis, and autism are reviewed. Many autistic individuals show an arrest in operative functions at the sensorimotor functions. The early arrest interferes with subsequent development of higher-level conceptual, symbolic, and social skills. (Author)
Descriptors: Autism, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
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Longobardi, Ellen T.; Wolff, Peter – Child Development, 1973
An experiment demonstrating that children in Piaget's preoperational stage, who generally still cannot give conceptually correct answers to questions about rate and time, evidence an ability to imitate a given rate-time relationship demonstrated by the experimenter. (ST)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Communication Skills, Elementary School Students, Imitation
Painter, Genevieve – 1969
This study attempted to ameliorate the educational deficits of infants using structured tutorial programs of language and concept training in the home. It was part of a larger project whose purpose was to determine the age at which intervention will produce maximum acceleration of cognitive development. Subjects were 20 disadvantaged 8- and…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Concept Teaching, Home Programs
Kephart, Newell C. – 1968
Educational implications and symptoms are described for learning disorders, the disruption in the processing of information within the central nervous system caused by brain damage, emotional disturbance, or inadequate presentation of learning experiences. Developmental sequences, developmental progression, and restoration of development are…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Emotional Disturbances