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Peer reviewedOffenbach, Stuart I.; And Others – Child Development, 1984
Examines hypotheses and strategies used by children at the kindergarten, second-, fourth- and sixth-grade levels in making proportional judgements. The task involved 36 trials in which the child had to choose between two groups to obtain a target-color "chip." Results generally conformed to the developmental sequence proposed by Piaget…
Descriptors: Children, Concept Formation, Developmental Stages, Grade 2
Peer reviewedOffenbach, Stuart I. – Child Development, 1980
According to Hypothesis (H) theory, learning should be very difficult when the number of Hs the subject samples from is very large and/or the correct H is not available. These assumptions were tested with third- and fourth-grade children. In general, results supported these assumptions. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning, Elementary School Students, Failure
