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Fischer, Hardi – 1979
Despite external changes such as those of magnitudes, the functional properties of the visual system also improve with increased age. According to Jean Piaget's centration/decentration theory, the process of perceptual development might continue until adulthood and even after. However, perceptual development should not be understood in all of its…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Stages, Elementary Education, Maturation
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Smith, J. David – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1977
Perceptual decentering was examined in 30 nonretarded children, 30 educable mentally retarded (EMR) children equated for CA, and 30 EMR children equated for MA. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation
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Neperud, Ronald W. – Journal of Environmental Education, 1977
The development of elementary school children's graphic representations of the large-scale environment in the context of the development of spatial cognition, especially Piagetian theory, is examined. The nature of children's graphic representations of space is reviewed and examined relative to development of their spatial cognition. (BT)
Descriptors: Art, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Psychology, Educational Research
Lorimer, Rowland – Phi Delta Kappan, 1977
Sensory thinking is the process of bringing experienced aspects of the child's world into his focal awareness, usually through a medium such as language. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Educational Environment, Elementary Education
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Smith, Linda B. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 1981
The hypothesis that overall-similarity relations structure both adults' and children's classifications of heterogeneous objects (objects that differ in a variety of ways) was supported in two experiments. When objects varied simultaneously on many dimensions, adults and children constructed classifications that maximized within-category similarity…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Dimensional Preference
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Morrison, Frederick J.; And Others – Science, 1977
In a task designed to separate perceptual processes from memory, reading-disabled 12-year-olds showed no perceptual deficits as compared to their peers. However, they exhibited major deficiencies in memory skills, appearing to suffer from a basic information-processing deficiency. (Author/CS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Information Processing
Gibson, Eleanor J. – 1972
Second and fifth graders were presented with a discrimination learning task in which each of four displays were to be paired with a response button. For one group two of the displays shared a common feature and were paired with the other response button. This common feature condition required a subject to learn only two associations if he…
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Elementary Education, Grade 2, Grade 5
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Wartella, Ellen – 1978
A total of 100 third and ninth grade students participated in a study to determine how children of different ages perceptually segment a continuing behavior sequence presented on a television program. The children were shown a short segment from a motion picture on a videotape viewer. Following the viewing, the children completed unitizing…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer)
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Benenson, Joyce F.; Dweck, Carol S. – Child Development, 1986
Subjects of this study were 144 White, middle-class children in kindergarten, first, second, and fourth grades. Children were interviewed individually about their explanations for both academic and social outcomes and their evaluations of their own outcomes. Self-evaluations became less positive in both domains and less similar across domains with…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Children, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education
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Bergeron, Betty S.; Barrow, Lloyd H. – Science and Children, 1983
Describes a series of exercises designed to develop student's perceptual skills and to improve the processes of comparing, describing, and developing subsets. Includes suggestions for adapting the exercises into science lessons, providing tips for developing each into complete units. Units include human-made objects, leaves, shells, rocks, and…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education
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Sagi, Abraham – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1979
Findings of this Israeli study suggest that perception is affected by lables, learning, and selective attention; that these effects are determined developmentally; and that as age increases, the effects of verbal cues diminish, while the effects of perceptual cues increase. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Child Development, Classification
Klapper, Hope Lunin – 1974
Using open-ended questions to elicit responses from 77 kindergarteners, 24 second graders, and 25 fifth graders in New York, an attempt was made to determine how children perceive the accuracy and the reality of television programs. The kindergarteners and second graders tended to restrict their observations to specific visual traits, while the…
Descriptors: Credibility, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Grade 2
Shuman, R. Baird; Sublett, Henry L., Jr. – Virginia English Bulletin, 1970
The ability to perceive such things as nuances of language, moods of people, and the temper of society may be the single most important ability students need to develop. One approach, which works well with upper elementary and junior high students, uses units involving community study with library research, observation, and interviewing as a base.…
Descriptors: Activity Units, Auditory Perception, Community Characteristics, Community Education
American Optometric Association, St. Louis, MO. – 1974
This activity book teaches elementary school students about good vision and eye safety through a combination of puppet plays, stories, songs, and games. Nine games are provided to help children develop vision skills including visual memory, visual perception, directionality, spatial orientation, and visual-motor responses. Master Plans for making…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Games, Elementary Education, Eye Hand Coordination
Kirby, Dan; Kuykendall, Carol – 1985
One of three related documents produced in response to a need for direct instruction in thinking skills, this program for middle school or junior high school students bases its approach on involvement of students in direct experiences. The book contains four units. Focusing on perception, Unit 1: "Experiencing the Arts" begins with ways sensory…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Conflict Resolution