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Social-Class Differentiation in Cognitive Development among Black Preschool Children
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Golden, Mark; And Others – Child Development, 1971
Descriptors: Black Youth, Cognitive Development, Intellectual Development, Preschool Children
Infant Performance and Intellectual Precocity
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Willerman, Lee; Fiedler, Miriam Forster – Child Development, 1974
A retrospective check of 100, white 4-year-olds (with IQ's of 140 or more) showed no precocity at age 8 months, as measured by the Bayley Scales of Mental and Motor Development. (ST)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Behavior, Gifted, Infants
A Developmental Study of Preschool Children's Understanding of the Words "Know" and "Guess."
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Miscione, John L.; And Others – Child Development, 1978
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Fundamental Concepts, Intellectual Development
Preschoolers' Understanding of Memory-relevant Variables
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Wellman, Henry M. – Child Development, 1977
Three-, four- and five-year-old children were presented an array of metamemory tasks designed to test their understanding of variables which affect the difficulty of memory performance. (JMB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comprehension, Intellectual Development, Memorization
What's in a Name? A Study of How Children Learn Common and Proper Names
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Katz, Nancy; And Others – Child Development, 1974
Descriptors: Comprehension, Discrimination Learning, Intellectual Development, Language Acquisition
On the Acquisition of Front, Back, and Side
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Kuczaj, Stan A., II; Maratsos, Michael P. – Child Development, 1975
Presents a study which assessed preschool children's understanding of "front,""back," and "side" through a variety of tasks. A developmental sequence is defined. (ED)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Conceptual Schemes
A Scalogram Analysis of the Development of the Use and Comprehension of "Because" in Children
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Corrigan, Roberta – Child Development, 1975
Nine tasks were designed to test the developmental sequence of three types of "because" (affective, physical, concrete logical) in 100 children aged 3 to 7 years. The tasks tested whether comprehension of "because" preceded its usage and at what point children understood that sentences with reversed clauses were incorrect.…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Developmental Tasks, Intellectual Development, Linguistic Competence
The Effect of Word Order on Young Children's Responses to Simple Questions and Commands
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Wetstone, Harriet S.; Friedlander, Bernard Z. – Child Development, 1973
The study investigated the communicative effectiveness of word order in preschoolers' comprehension of meaning using simple questions and commands in an at-home play context. (ST)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Comprehension, Intellectual Development, Language Acquisition
Training and Transfer of Transitivity, Conservation, and Class Inclusion of Length
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Brainderd, Charles J. – Child Development, 1974
Preschool children were trained to acquire transitivity, conservation, and class inclusion of length via feedback to their judgments. Feedback was found to facilitate the learning of all three concepts. (ST)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept), Feedback, Intellectual Development
Effects of Systematic Conceptual Learning on the Intellectual Development of Preschool Children from Poverty Backgrounds: A Follow-up Study
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Jacobson, Leonard I.; Greeson, Larry E. – Child Development, 1972
In the follow-up study, most of the initial gains in IQ resulting from program participation were retained. (Authors/MB)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Data Analysis, Economically Disadvantaged, Followup Studies
Developmental Shifts in Verbal Recall Between Mental Ages Two and Five
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Rossi, Sheila; Wittrock, M. C. – Child Development, 1971
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cluster Grouping, Developmental Psychology, Intellectual Development
Investigations of the Meaning of "Different" in the Language of Young Children
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Webb, Roger A.; And Others – Child Development, 1974
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Developmental Psychology
Effects of Age, Sex, Systematic Conceptual Learning, Acquisition of Learning Sets, and Programmed Social Interaction on the Intellectual and Conceptual Development of Preschool Children from Poverty Backgrounds
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Jacobson, Leonard I.; And Others – Child Development, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Economically Disadvantaged, Intellectual Development
Understanding of Mental Processes: A Developmental Study of "Remember" and "Forget."
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Wellman, Henry M.; Johnson, Carl N. – Child Development, 1979
Assesses comprehension of the mental verbs "remember" and "forget" among three-, four-, five-, and seven-year-old children by having the child judge whether or not toy characters in different situations remembered or forgot. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Elementary Education
The Influences of Social Class and Race on Language Test Performance and Spontaneous Speech of Preschool Children
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Johnson, Dale L. – Child Development, 1974
Differences in language proficiency between social classes and races were studied to determine the effect of familiarity of the testing situation. Results showed no natural setting language differences. (ST)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Environmental Influences, Intellectual Development
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