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Effect of Perceptual Pretraining on Children's Concept Performance with Nonpreferred Relevant Dimensions: Evidence for the Role of Attentional Strategies.

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Toppino, Thomas C.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1979

Two experiments investigated why perceptual pretraining facilitates children's performance on concept problems involving a nonpreferred relevant dimension and preferred irrelevant dimensions. (JMB)

Descriptors: Attention, Concept Formation, Dimensional Preference, Kindergarten Children

The Effects of Introtacts on Hypothesis Testing in Kindergarten and First-Grade Children.

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Cantor, Joan H.; Spiker, Charles C. – Child Development, 1979

Subjects were trained against their initial dimensional preference in a two-dimensional simultaneous discrimination learning task. (RH)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Dimensional Preference, Discrimination Learning, Elementary School Students