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Peer reviewedSussman, Joan E. – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1991
This investigation examined the response strategies and discrimination accuracy of adults and children (aged 5-10) as the ratio of same to different trials was varied across 3 conditions of an auditory discrimination task. All subjects changed response strategies depending on the ratio of same-to-different trials. (DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Auditory Evaluation, Auditory Perception, Children
Peer reviewedWoody-Ramsey, Janet; Miller, Patricia H. – Child Development, 1988
Studies the allocation of attention of 100 four- and five-year-olds on a selective attention task. Results suggest that preschoolers are capable of using selective strategies when the task is made meaningful by the inclusion of a familiar script that provides supportive cognitive context. (RJC)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Learning Strategies, Memory, Metacognition
Peer reviewedAllen, Keith D.; Fuqua, R. Wayne – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1985
Evaluates the efficacy of two training procedures for eliminating selective stimulus control observed with three trainable mentally retarded children. In another experiment, improvements in stimulus control were not a function of varying degrees of difficulty between stimulus sets or of a prior history of discrimination training with the less…
Descriptors: Children, Dimensional Preference, Discrimination Learning, Educational Diagnosis
