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The Development of Mental Processing: Efficiency, Working Memory, and Thinking.
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Demetriou, Andreas; Christou, Constantinos; Spanoudis, George; Platsidou, Maria – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2002
Examined, over 1 year, relations between information processing efficiency, working memory, and problem solving in sample of 8-, 10-, 12-, and 14-year-olds. Identified three-stratus hierarchy with individual dimensions organized in three constructs: processing efficiency, working memory, and problem solving. Found that individual dimensions were…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
A New Kind of Developmental Science: Using Models To Integrate Theory and Research.
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Fischer, Kurt W.; Dawson, Theo L. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2002
Maintains that Demetriou and his colleagues' project shows how developmental scientists can assess concepts from multiple frameworks and relate them through explicit modeling and targeted research to build explanations powerfully grounded in data and theory. Presents doubts related to specific conclusions because of issues related to the design of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
A Cross-Cultural Study of Cognitive Development.
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Kagan, Jerome; And Others – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1979
Describes a cross-cultural comparative study of recall memory among children from two Guatemalan towns and one American city. (CM)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes