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Peer reviewedMasters, John C.; Morris, Richard J. – Child Development, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Generalization, Imitation, Models
Peer reviewedSloutsky, Vladimir M.; Lo, Ya-Fen; Fisher, Anna V. – Child Development, 2001
Two experiments tested a model of young children's induction that specified contributions of linguistic labels and perceptual similarity to children's induction. Results support model predictions and point to a developmental shift, from treating linguistic labels as an attribute contributing to similarity to treating them as markers of a common…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Classification, Cognitive Development
Peer reviewedRosenthal, Ted L.; Zimmerman, Barry J. – Child Development, 1973
Degree of organization in presenting stimuli, and training through modeling versus guided practice, were studied on a dial-reading concept using 144 third or fifth graders. (ST)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Concept Formation, Elementary School Students, Generalization
Peer reviewedZimmerman, Barry J.; Pike, Earl O. – Child Development, 1972
The question-asking behavior of disadvantaged Mexican-American second-grade children was found readily modifiable using an adult model offering contingent praise. (Authors)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Disadvantaged Youth, Generalization, Grade 2
Peer reviewedZimmerman, Barry J.; Rosenthal, Ted L. – Child Development, 1972
Attaining and generalizing a new concept were studied in Mexican- and Anglo-American fifth graders. Both modeling and repetition improved performance. (Authors/MB)
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Concept Formation, Cross Cultural Studies, Generalization
