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Wozniak, R. H. – Human Development, 1972
Soviet investigation of the development of verbal inhibition of preseverative manual behavior are reviewed. Non-soviet investigations of verbal-manual interaction are considered in relation to the Soviet view of the development of voluntary behavior; and it is argued, on the basis of this evidence, that the Soviet position need not stand or fall…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Motor Development, Physical Development

Clark, Eve V. – Cognition, 1997
Compares the many-perspectives account of lexical acquisition--which proposes that children learn to take alternative perspectives along with the words they acquire--to the one-perspective account--which proposes that children are at first able to use only one term to talk about an object or event. Provides evidence from a variety of sources that…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Language Acquisition

Menyuk, Paula; And Others – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1991
Linguistic and cognitive development of 26 premature and 27 full-term infants was studied longitudinally over the first 3 years of life. Patterns of lexical and cognitive development did not differ substantially between groups, nor did standard language test measures indicate differences at the study's end except with very low birthweight…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Infant Behavior
Chapman, Robin S.; Kohn, Lawrence L. – 1977
A study was conducted to determine whether children give evidence of using any of six comprehension strategies and whether children of same and different ages use different strategies. It was studied how comprehension performance can best be predicted by other facts about the child, including his language and his language input. The six…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Comprehension
Karnes, Merle B.; And Others – 1969
To determine the relative effectiveness of different methods of preschool educational intervention for disadvantaged children, comparisons were made of five programs whose levels of structure ranged from the traditional nursery school to a highly structured preschool. Subjects were 79 4-year-olds representing a wide range of ability levels.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Home Programs