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Peer reviewedBartsch, Karen; Wellman, Henry M. – Developmental Psychology, 1988
Investigated preschoolers' understanding of two distance principles: the direct-indirect and the same-plus principle. Children did better on tasks relevant to the principles than on principle-irrelevant tasks. Concluded that even young children conceive of distance as fixed intervals. (SKC)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Distance, Kinesthetic Perception, Perceptual Motor Learning
