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Hayes, Brett K.; McKinnon, Rachel; Sweller, Naomi – Developmental Psychology, 2008
Three studies examined the development of category-based induction using an induction then recognition (ITR) procedure in which participants make category-based predictions about study items and are then given a surprise recognition test that requires discrimination between old and new category members. Exposure duration for study items was either…
Descriptors: Children, Logical Thinking, Classification, Prediction
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Fisher, Cynthia; And Others – Cognitive Psychology, 1991
The relations between the meanings of verbs and the syntactic structures in which they appear were investigated in 5 experiments involving approximately 156 college students (most attended the University of Pennsylvania). Findings support the view that the syntax of verbs is a regular, although complex, projection from their semantics. (SLD)
Descriptors: Child Development, Classification, College Students, Higher Education
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Barrett, Margaret – Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 1999
Explores a tentative typology of young children's invented notations proposed in a previous study transferred across another group of musically naive kindergarteners. Extends the previous study by including notation of known and original song material. A modal dissonance was found in the children's notations of known and original songs. (CMK)
Descriptors: Child Development, Classification, Classroom Research, Higher Education
Seifert, Kelvin L. – 1991
This research compared how elementary school teachers and professors of developmental psychology organize knowledge about child development. It compared them in the light of two hypotheses: (1) compared to professors, teachers are "novices" about developmental psychology; and (2) compared to professors, teachers have…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Psychology, Classification, Cognitive Processes
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Trent, James W.; Rose, Clare – 1973
This document is the fifth volume in a 5-part series that reports the results of a project undertaken to critically review and analyze major longitudinal studies of child and student development. These studies were conducted to discover the variables, techniques, methodologies, and problems pertinent to evaluative studies of the effects of schools…
Descriptors: Child Development, Classification, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Environment
Taunton, Roma Lee; Soptick, John M. – 1976
Goals for the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Associate Programs (PNP/A) are provided for the following areas: health care delivery systems; role responsibility; legal base for PNP/A role; growth and development; family-cultural factors; common childhood problems/illnesses/accidents; communication; assessment; recording; evaluation/interpretation;…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Associate Degrees, Case Records, Child Development