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Peer reviewedLorsbach, Thomas C.; Morris, Angela K. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1991
Whether a developmental dissociation exists between direct and indirect tests of picture memory was studied using 29 second graders and 29 sixth graders given a 1-day retention interval. Sixth graders performed better than second graders when memory was tested directly, but the performance of both groups was comparable when memory was tested…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Comparative Testing, Developmental Stages
Peer reviewedShort, Elizabeth J.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1993
Effects of task demands, age, and skill level on memory and metamemory performance were examined for 62 average and 66 low-achieving learning-disabled children. Memory improved with age and skill level, and strategic metamemory revealed age and skill-level differences, but taxonomic metamemory revealed age differences in the average group only.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Classification, Comparative Testing
Peper, H. Robert – 1991
An evaluation of the Early Fives program of the Farmington (Michigan) Public Schools is reported. This extra-year program began in the 1980-81 school year. By the 1982-83 school year, tuition was no longer charged, and a systematic screening effort was implemented. Each Early Fives classroom contains a maximum of 15 children with a certified…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Child Development, Comparative Testing
Download full textSmith, Douglas K.; And Others – 1992
The stability of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) was studied by examining its performance over a 5-year interval with 16 non-handicapped children aged 45 to 61 months at the beginning of the study. Global scale stability coefficients (corrected for restriction in range) for Time 1 testing (age 4 years) and Time 4 testing (age 9…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Age Groups, Analysis of Variance, Child Development
Sudweeks, Richard R.; And Others – 1989
Testwise responses of grade-school students to multiple-choice science items and the intercorrelations between different testwiseness skills were examined in this document. A total of 134 third-grade, 133 fifth-grade, and 143 sixth-grade students from two elementary schools in a large suburban school district in Utah responded to 60 science items…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Testing
Peer reviewedNewman, Richard S. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1990
Characteristics related to help-seeking (perceived competence, motivational orientation, attitudes and beliefs, and age) were examined for 177 children in grades 3, 5, and 7. By grade seven, positive and negative attitudes were influential. Developmental and individual difference factors are discussed in connection with help-seeking and academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Beliefs, Child Development
