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Developmental Change in Young Children's Spatial Grouping Activity.
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Stiles-Davis, Joan – Developmental Psychology, 1988
Used a set of six measures to analyze both the products and process of spatial grouping in 40 children between the ages of 18 and 42 months. Results confirmed and elaborated on previously established developmental findings for each measure. (SKC)
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Infants, Kinesthetic Perception, Perceptual Motor Learning
Young Children's Conception of Distance.
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Bartsch, 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
Kinesthetic Movement After-Effects in Children with Down's Syndrome.
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Anwar, Feriha; Hermelin, Beate – Journal of Mental Deficiency Research, 1979
Descriptors: Downs Syndrome, Drafting, Exceptional Child Research, Foreign Countries
The Role of Experience in Spatial Test Performance: A Meta-Analysis.
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Baenninger, Maryann; Newcombe, Nora – Sex Roles, 1989
The hypotheses that sex differences in spatial ability may result from differences in spatial experience, and that training can improve spatial skills regardless of sex, are tested. Meta-analytic techniques are used. Relationships between spatial activity and ability, and the improvability of spatial test performance for both sexes, are confirmed.…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Females, Kinesthetic Perception, Learning Modalities