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Mwanalushi, Muyunda – Child Development, 1974
Thirty elementary school students were assigned to one of three experimental conditions, (labeling, imagery, or control) in a pattern reproduction task. (ST)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Information Processing, Pattern Recognition, Perceptual Development
Berlin, Donna F.; White, Arthur L. – 1990
The ability to recognize, extend, and relate patterns and sequences to numeric, figural, and word representations plays a prominent role in science education. This study provided validation information for an instrument to assess childrens' ability to recognize and extend patterns and sequence in different representational forms. A 57-item…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Factor Analysis, Information Processing, Pattern Recognition
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Drummond, Thomas B.; And Others – Child Development, 1973
In a schematic concept formation task, second and fifth graders were required to sort 60 computer-generated, 8-sided polygons into two classes. The results indicated that age differences in schematic concept formation are due more to the efficiency of information use than to differences in strategy or the selection of information to be used. (ST)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classification, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation