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Thibodeau, Janice – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1980
An investigation of adult reasoning processes revealed that the more relevant the cognitive task was to the developmental task of the learner, the better the performance was likely to be. (JD)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adult Education, Adults, Cognitive Processes
Scott, Marcia S. – 1972
The research experiments on relational learning in young children contained in this report were guided by two major goals: (1) to examine the extent of conceptual transfer in preschool children, and (2) to explore the relation of both "acquisition" and "transfer" to chronological development. The performance of preschool…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
Carlson, Jerry S. – 1973
This paper has attempted to outline some basic aspects of Piaget's theory and place them in cross-cultural perspective. Several questions concerning approaches and the relevance of cross-cultural research for classification of Piagetian theory were discussed: (1) What types of questions within Piagetian theory are amenable to cross-cultural…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Cross Cultural Studies
Freedle, Roy – 1973
Elusive developmental processes are most often examined in the context of the philosophic problem of scientific determinism. The Markov process model, enhancing a probabilistic viewpoint for the explanation of developmental data, should be restricted. Attention should be focused on the immediate context and situational setting of a subject. The…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Tasks, Environmental Influences