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Kerpelman, Larry C. – Child Development, 1967
Four-, five-, and six-year-old children were used as subjects in this investigation. There were 192 experimental and 96 control children used, divided equally between the three age groups. The experimental children received a 1-minute pretest exposure procedure in which 1/4 of the children observed 4 two-dimensional stimuli (irregular pentagons),…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Discrimination Learning, Grade 1, Kindergarten Children

Castle, Kathryn – Childhood Education, 1985
Discusses the value of tool-use activities to help toddlers develop emerging skills, experience creative expression, and understand means-end relationships. Provides examples of opportunities for using objects as tools, including language acquisition, self-help activities, dramatic play, sensory experiences, and object manipulation. (DST)
Descriptors: Childrens Games, Cognitive Development, Creative Expression, Developmental Tasks

Rogow, Sally M. – British Journal of Visual Impairment, 1987
The manual development of 148 blind, visually impaired, and visually impaired multi-handicapped students, aged 3-19, was studied. Results indicated a significant relationship between object manipulation and speech, and an inverse relationship between object manipulation and stereotypic hand mannerisms. Optimal development of manual functions and…
Descriptors: Blindness, Body Language, Child Development, Elementary Secondary Education

McCall, Robert B. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1974
Reports a series of studies conducted to investigate possible differences in the exploratory manipulation and play behavior of human infants 7-1/2- 11-1/2 months of age as a function of the attributes of the stimulus, the familiarity of the subject with the stimuli, the age and sex of the infants, and individual differences. (Author/CS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology
Carty, Mary – 1977
This paper reports on an experiment undertaken to delineate more clearly the relationship between the naming process in children and certain aspects of the environment which may play a role in that process. The investigation concerned the effect of manipulation and of object novelty on naming. Sixteen children, ten girls and six boys, ranging in…
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
Harper, Ruth Valerie – 1973
This paper examines the developmental stages of haptic perception (the process of recognizing objects by the sense of touch alone), and attempts to clarify some conflicting results of studies of the effects of memory and object type. The paper also presents a specific study of haptic perception in 144 preschool and kindergarten children from…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Developmental Psychology, Imagination, Kindergarten Children

McIntyre, Margaret, Ed. – Science and Children, 1982
Describes eight learning centers/activities designed to promote tactile/sensory experiences in younger children. (JN)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Kinesthetic Methods

Bullock, Janis R. – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 1992
Describes the ways in which primary grade science teachers can use hands-on scientific activities to answer children's questions about science. In such activities, children discover and experiment with materials and objects to understand scientific ideas and processes. Suggests that teachers should encourage children's curiosity. (BB)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Electricity, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers
Hooper, Frank H.; And Others – 1974
A series of Piagetian concrete operations period tasks dealing with classificatory concepts was administered to 280 children (40 subjects from each of seven levels--preschool, kindergarten, and first, second, third, fourth, and sixth grades). Significant main effects for age were found for all the tasks. Few significant sex differences were…
Descriptors: Children, Classification, Cognitive Ability, Concept Formation
Grellet, Carolina – 2000
The purpose of this Spanish-language manual is to help preschool teachers better understand theoretical concepts related to children's play. Following a preface that discusses UNESCO's activities related to early childhood education, the two main sections of the manual discuss children's play between 0-2 years and 2-7 years. Each section includes…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Childrens Games, Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education

Wolf, Yuval – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1995
Five- to six-year-old children estimated the size of Euclidian objects using an addition rule of Height plus Width, rather than a multiplying rule. Within the framework of information integration theory, tested whether intensive handling of objects would facilitate shift from addition rule to multiplication rule. Found that following handling,…
Descriptors: Addition, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Payne, V. Gregory – 1981
A study was designed to determine the effects of various ball sizes on children's catching ability and to examine the results as a between- and within-group factor. It was believed that the use of the two-test design would help to establish the validity of past and future tests of this nature. The between-subjects design group consisted of 48…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Elementary Education, Grade 1, Manipulative Materials
Jennings, Kay D. – 1974
In this study, preferences for activities with people vs. objects were examined in preschool children and related to two kinds of intellectual abilities. Children with high object orientation were expected to be relatively advanced in organizing and classifying physical objects. In contrast, children with high people orientation were expected to…
Descriptors: Activities, Cognitive Ability, Early Experience, Intellectual Development
St. John, David Richard – 1971
The purpose of this four-group controlled experiment was to ascertain: (1) the effect of a motion model on a learner's performance behavior and (2) the effect of verbal description of the processes included in the demonstration upon a learner's performance behavior. After viewing video tape presentations, one with commentary and one without, of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Experiments

Tweedie, Patricia S. – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 1992
Discusses methods teachers of young children can use to plan and create interactive, hands-on bulletin boards that make use of moveable pieces. (BB)
Descriptors: Bulletin Boards, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Educational Equipment