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Peer reviewedGelman, Susan A.; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Tests the distinction between inferring new categories on the basis of property information (predicted to be difficult) and inferring new properties on the basis of category information (predicted to be easier) among 57 preschool children. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Inferences
Peer reviewedCanning, Patricia M.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1980
Male and female retarded readers (N=80) at two age levels (6.5 to 8.5 years and 10.5 to 12.5 years) did not differ significantly on a number of perceptual, visual-motor, linguistic, and concept formation abilities. (Author)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Linguistic Performance
Peer reviewedRosser, Rosemary – Child Study Journal, 1994
Spatial cognition entails the ability to mentally represent spatial relations and to anticipate the course and outcome of transformations applied to those relations. The developmental histories of four tasks used to assess the maturity of spatial cognition in children are described. Significant effects were found for age, gender, task, and for…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Ability, Concept Formation
Peer reviewedGuttman, Ruth; Kahneman, Irah – Developmental Psychology, 1972
Study deals with a comparative developmental analysis of performances on the same task by four age groups. (MB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Developmental Psychology
Download full textKOHLWES, GARY F. – 1966
THIS STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN TO DETERMINE IF THERE ARE ANY DIFFERENCES IN THE DEVELOPMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF UNDERPRIVILEGED PRESCHOOL CHILDREN THAT CAN BE TRACED TO DIFFERENCES IN RACE OR SEX. THE STUDY SAMPLE WAS DRAWN FROM A GROUP OF 368 CAUCASIAN AND NEGRO CHILDREN ENROLLED IN THE SUMMER 1965 PORTLAND, OREGON HEAD START PROGRAM. THE CHILDREN…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Behavior, Concept Formation, Disadvantaged
Miljkovitch, M. – 1979
The purpose of this study is to show that there is a gradual and measurable development in the drawing of space representation concepts. A further purpose is to show that children's drawings of a village (which represent relations among concepts) may be a better measure of their conceptual maturity than their drawings of a man (which represent a…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Childrens Art, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Tests
