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Jabès, Adeline; Nelson, Charles A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2015
In 1995, Nelson published a paper describing a model of memory development during the first years of life. The current article seeks to provide an update on the original work published 20 years ago. Specifically, we review our current knowledge on the relation between the emergence of explicit memory functions throughout development and the…
Descriptors: Memory, Neurosciences, Scientific Research, Brain Hemisphere Functions
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Duffy, Sean; Huttenlocher, Janellen; Crawford, L. Elizabeth – Developmental Science, 2006
The present study tests a model of category effects upon stimulus estimation in children. Prior work with adults suggests that people inductively generalize distributional information about a category of stimuli and use this information to adjust their estimates of individual stimuli in a way that maximizes average accuracy in estimation (see…
Descriptors: Classification, Computation, Visual Stimuli, Generalization
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Welch-Ross, Melissa K. – Developmental Review, 1995
Presents a working model for studying development of autobiographical memory based on literatures concerning children's metacognitive capacities, social construction of personal narratives, and development of self-concept. Notes that source monitoring and parental styles of discussing the past affect autobiographical memory, and emphasizes the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Developmental Stages, Memory, Metacognition
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Welch-Ross, Melissa K.; Schmidt, Contance R. – Child Development, 1996
Examined developmental differences in the effect of stereotype manipulations on the construction of new memories, and the relation between stereotyped activity preferences and memory for gender-related information among four-, six-, and eight-year olds. Contrary to expectations, stereotype manipulation effects interacted with gender; effects were…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Developmental Stages, Females, Males
Goos, Merrilyn, Ed.; Brown, Ray, Ed.; Makar, Katie, Ed. – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2008
This document presents the proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA). The theme of this conference is "Navigating Currents and Charting Directions." The theme reminds us that, although we are constantly pushed to account for the quality and impact of our research, we…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Constructivism (Learning), Educational Development, Practicums