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Boyd, Elizabeth – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1973
Two theoretical models of visual attention and contingent learning were presented to provide a framework for the consideration of how observed individual differences in infant behavior may interact with nonsocial stimuli and caretaker-mediated stimuli to influence the individual's development of patterns of visual attention and contingency…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Educational Research, Individual Differences, Infants
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Rohwer, William D., Jr. – Review of Educational Research, 1971
Development of tests to measure learning proficiency and learning style is crucial to obtain an understanding of this phenomena. A major objective of curricula in the early years of schooling, especially for low socioeconomic status Negro children, should be to assist them in mastering elaborative learning skills. References. (Author/VW)
Descriptors: Blacks, Cognitive Ability, Concept Formation, Educational Research
Schroth, Marvin L. – 1973
The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of IQ as a measure of learning rate with children of similar ethnic origin but different socioeconomic backgrounds. The theoretical basis for this experiment was Jensen and Rohwer's distinction between developmental rate and learning rate. Specifically, a dimension abstracted oddity task was…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Intelligence Quotient, Learning Processes
Sexton, Thomas G.; Poling, Donald R. – 1973
This booklet cites evidence indicating that intelligence can be trained, given a physiologically normal student and an intensely persistant tutor. Methodologies for increasing mental efficiency have in common the principle of coordination of physical and mental processes, whether achieved by simple relaxation training, brain polarization, or…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Educational Innovation, Educational Psychology, Educational Research
Rosner, Jerome – 1973
A research project introduced changes into the kindergarten and 1st grade instructional programs of a developmental school. The purposes were to implement an adaptive instructional system which would teach children the basic psychological processes relevant to 1st grade reading and math achievement and which would accommodate individual…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Early Childhood Education, Educational Research, Grade 1
Furno, Orlando F.; Collins, George J. – 1967
To test the hypothesis that pupil achievement is inversely related to class size, a 5-year study (1959-1964) examined the relationship between class size and pupil achievement in reading and arithmetic. Data were taken from records of the Baltimore public school system for all 16,449 grade 3 pupils in the class of 1959, comprised of 6,568 regular…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Achievement Gains, Arithmetic, Class Size