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Two Operations in Class Inclusion: Quantification of Inclusion and Hierarchical Classification.
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Niebuhr, Virginia Numez; Molfese, Victoria J. – Child Development, 1978
Examined the relationship between two components of class inclusion (hierarchical classification and quantification of inclusion) and investigated the effects of methodological modifications. Subjects were nine girls and nine boys each from first, second, and third grades. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Elementary School Students, Research
Are Children's Rural-Assessment Classifications Invariant across Instances of Problem Types?
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Ferretti, Ralph P.; Butterfield, Earl C. – Child Development, 1986
A total of 61 children from first through sixth grades participated in four balance-scale and four inclined-plane problem types in a study testing for invariance of subject classifications as rule-users across problems whose products differed but whose type did not. Results indicated that many children's classifications differed across…
Descriptors: Children, Classification, Knowledge Level, Problem Solving
A Longitudinal Study of the Utility of Social Preference and Social Impact Sociometric Classification Schemes.
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Newcomb, Andrew F.; Bukowski, William M. – Child Development, 1984
The stability of standard score and probability method sociometric group assignments was examined over a two-year period with an initial group of 334 fifth graders. Popular, neglected, and controversial groups evidenced low stability of group members over intervals of approximately 1, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Longitudinal Studies, Preadolescents
A Reexamination of the Effect of Organization Training on Children's Recall of Category Items
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Hall, James W. – Child Development, 1976
Descriptors: Classification, Elementary School Students, Recall (Psychology), Research Methodology
Observing Troubled Children's Interpersonal Negotiation Strategies: Implications of and for a Developmental Model.
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Selman, Robert L.; Demorest, Amy P. – Child Development, 1984
A transcript-narrative analysis technique was used to identify interpersonal negotiation strategies of two nine-year-old boys selected from a pool of children with socioemotional and interpersonal difficulties. Strategies were classified according to four developmental levels: impulsive/physical, unilateral/coercive, reciprocal/influential, and…
Descriptors: Children, Classification, Developmental Stages, Emotional Problems
A Developmental Study of Free Classification in Children
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Denney, Nancy Wadsworth – Child Development, 1972
Study concerned with the effects of procedural differences on the classification of geometrical stimuli. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Associative Learning, Classification, Cluster Grouping
Evidence for the Understanding of Class Inclusion in Preschool Children: Linguistic Factors and Training Effects.
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Siegel, Linda S.; And Others – Child Development, 1978
Descriptors: Classification, Feedback, Linguistic Competence, Logical Thinking
The Effects of Chronological Age, Trials, and List Characteristics upon Children's Category Clustering
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Wachs, Theodore D.; Gruen, Gerald E. – Child Development, 1971
Results indicated that availability of categories rather than frequency of words seemed most crucial in determining developmental changes in clustering efficiency. (Authors)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Analysis of Variance, Classification, Cluster Grouping
The Future of Infant Categorization Research: A Process-Oriented Approach.
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Oakes, Lisa M.; Madole, Kelly L. – Child Development, 2000
Calls for a process-oriented approach to study of categorization in infancy. Maintains that further understanding of infant categorization and its changes with development requires a more direct assessment of infants' category formation. Argues that two research directions will enhance understanding of categorization: (1) contextual variations on…
Descriptors: Child Development, Classification, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Hierarchical Structure of Moral Stages Assessed by a Sorting Task.
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Boom, Jan; Brugman, Daniel; van der Heijden, Peter G. M. – Child Development, 2001
Asked Dutch university and Russian high school students to sort statements in terms of moral sophistication to investigate hierarchical stage structure of moral stages. Found that sorting statements representative of stages below one's own was straightforward; sorting statements above one's stage was difficult, suggesting that reflective…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Classification, College Students, Developmental Stages