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Peer reviewedNewman, Murray A.; Edmonston, Leon P. – Journal of General Psychology, 1973
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Middle Class, Preschool Children, Psychological Studies
Download full textFriedman, William J. – 1977
This study examines problems related to (1) the development of children's understanding of temporal cycles, and (2) the relationship between cyclic concepts and cognitive development. Piagetian tests of classification and seriation and a variety of specially designed cyclic tasks were administered to 62 children, ranging in age from 4 to 10 years.…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Students
Garrett, Kimberly N.; Busby, Rosetta F.; Pasnak, Robert – 1998
This study examined the effect of an innovative teaching activity to improve concrete operational thinking skills with preschoolers in Head Start programs. A "learning set" of classification games and seriation games was used to teach the oddity principle and insertion into a series. These games were played with the children using toy ponies and…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, At Risk Persons, Class Activities, Classification
