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Download full textGhatala, Elizabeth S.; Levin, Joel R. – 1973
Children in kindergarten, third grade, and fifth grade were presented a list of either pictures or words (with items presented varying numbers of times on the study trail). In both picture and word conditions, half of the subjects estimated how many times each item had been presented (absolute judgments) and the other half judged which of two…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Learning
Drakeford, Grant C.; Snider, James G. – 1970
The study focuses on the possibility that the tendency of academic underachievers to respond in terms of all inclusive language is indicative of their incapacity to discriminate the uniquely meaningful aspects of their environment. The authors hypothesize that academic achievers would differ significantly from academic underachievers in their…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Achievement, College Students
Harley, Randall K., Jr. – 1963
Forty blind children (ages 6 to 14, IQ's 65 to 132) in residential schools were studied to discover the relationship of verbalism to age, intelligence, experience, and personal adjustment. The children were given 40 selected words to obtain definitions, experience claims, and visually oriented verbalism scores. They then tried to identify items…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Associative Learning, Blindness
