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Peer reviewedSpiker, Charles C.; Cantor, Joan H. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1980
Results indicated the following: unitary stimuli were easier to encode; partitioned stimuli were easier to recode; recoding was much more difficult than encoding; extended training improved performance; second graders were slightly better at encoding and much better at recoding than were kindergarten children. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedSpiker, Charles C.; Cantor, Joan H. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1977
Kindergarten children were given simultaneous discrimination tasks with two irrelevant dimensions varying within settings. Prior to each block of feedback trials, the children were asked to provide a statement of the solution. The trial block on which the correct relevant dimension was first verbalized was found to be predictive of discrimination…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten Children
