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Noda, Mitsuru – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2014
This study aims to examine the developmental changes in young children's perception. A matching completion task consisting of three geometric figures and one bird-like figure were completed by children 3-5 years of age ("N" = 99). The rotation effect, in which the correct response decreased with orientation (45°, 90° 135°, and 180°), was…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Young Children, Perceptual Development, Cognitive Processes
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Casler, Krista; Eshleman, Angelica; Greene, Kimberly; Terziyan, Treysi – Developmental Psychology, 2011
Children sometimes make "scale errors," attempting to interact with tiny object replicas as though they were full size. Here, we demonstrate that instrumental tools provide special insight into the origins of scale errors and, moreover, into the broader nature of children's purpose-guided reasoning and behavior with objects. In Study 1, 1.5- to…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Child Development, Error Patterns, Spatial Ability
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Treiman, Rebecca; Levin, Iris; Kessler, Brett – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2007
Letter names play an important role in early literacy. Previous studies of letter name learning have examined the Latin alphabet. The current study tested learners of Hebrew, comparing their patterns of performance and types of errors with those of English learners. We analyzed letter-naming data from 645 Israeli children who had not begun formal…
Descriptors: Orthographic Symbols, Second Language Learning, Semitic Languages, Emergent Literacy