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Peer reviewedRamey, Craig T.; Goulet, L. R. – Child Development, 1971
Male school children of three age levels were tested on a 2-choice visual discrimination task that varied in spatial continguity of stimulus, response, and reward. Separation of stimulus from response and reward was found to retard learning. (WY)
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Grade 2, Grade 4, Grade 6
Peer reviewedBrier, Norman; Jacobs, Paul I. – Child Development, 1972
A single administration of the reversal learning paradigm is not a sufficient basis for determining either a given subject's choice of option or his behavior on its constituent learning measures. This conclusion raises many questions about past research relating to mediation theory, since this paradigm has been the basic one employed. (Authors)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Dimensional Preference, Discrimination Learning, Grade 2
Peer reviewedYussen, Steven R. – Child Development, 1972
Results revealed that (1) relevant verbal experience facilitated learning only for preschoolers, (2) irrelevant verbal experience did not interfere with learning, and (3) visual highlighting exerted no significant effects. (Author/MB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Discrimination Learning, Grade 2, Learning Processes
