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Preference for Color and Form in Preschoolers as Related to Color and Form Differentiation
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Melkman, Rachel; And Others – Child Development, 1976
The preference for color or form as bases for similarity judgments among preschoolers (ages 2-5) and its relationship to the differentiation of form and color concepts as indexed by discrimination, identification, and labeling were investigated. (SB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Concept Formation, Dimensional Preference, Preschool Education
Infants' Developing Appreciation of Similarities between Model Objects and Their Real-World Referents
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Younger, Barbara A.; Johnson, Kathy E. – Child Development, 2006
Previous research suggests that model competence does not emerge until relatively late in infancy (20-26 months). Development was systematically analyzed within 3 key areas--count noun learning, dual representation, and categorization--hypothesized to support the emergence of model competence in the second year. In an object-handling preferential…
Descriptors: Infants, Models, Concept Formation, Visual Discrimination
The Development of Drawing Rules: Metaknowledge about Drawing Influences Performance on Nondrawing Tasks.
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Taylor, Marjorie; Bacharach, Verne R. – Child Development, 1981
Preschool children were asked to choose the figure most resembling a real man from three figures drawn according to formulas used by children to depict humans. Results suggest development of drawing systems influences children's conceptions about objects or events. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Concept Formation