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Peer reviewedMcGhee, Paul E. – Child Development, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedShultz, Thomas R.; Horibe, Francis – Developmental Psychology, 1974
A study of the development of 6- to 12-year-old children's appreciation of verbal jokes was conducted within the framework of the incongruity and resolution theory of humor. Results revealed age differences indicating that older children appreciated both structural components while younger children appreciated the incongruity structure. (ST)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedSchultz, Thomas R. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1972
Two experiments were conducted to test a number of predictions derived from a cognitive theory of humor. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cartoons, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension
A Humor Index: A Report on the Preliminary Development of an Instrument to Measure Children's Humor.
Peer reviewedBrown, Les; And Others – Illinois School Research and Development, 1982
Describes the development of an index to measure elementary school children's comprehension of humor. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedPark, Rose – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1977
An investigation was made of the structure of riddles, riddle content, and the function of riddling among children ages 5 to 14. Interaction data and 1195 items were taped and hand-recorded during riddle sessions with 101 children from kindergarten, second, fourth, fifth, seventh, and eighth grades. (MS)
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages
Download full textBurlbaw, Lynn M.; Price, Margaret A. – 1996
This paper analyzes "confused history" on the part of students and where that confusion might originate. The study is based on a modified form of content analysis of articles by R. Lederer. The articles offer a compilation of student errors in history and geography. Two major categories of errors are recognized: (1) Type I, represented by errors…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
