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Direct linkFyfe, Emily R.; McNeil, Nicole M.; Rittle-Johnson, Bethany – Child Development, 2015
The labels used to describe patterns and relations can influence children's relational reasoning. In this study, 62 preschoolers (M[subscript age] = 4.4 years) solved and described eight pattern abstraction problems (i.e., recreated the relation in a model pattern using novel materials). Some children were exposed to concrete labels (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Problem Solving, Logical Thinking, Classification
Peer reviewedRothman, Bonnie S.; Potts, Marion – Child Development, 1977
Choice and use of problem-solving strategies were monitored during a picture comparison task for 90 kindergarten, second and fourth grade boys and girls. (SB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedRyan, David; Kobasigawa, Akira – Child Development, 1971
Descriptors: Age Differences, Concept Formation, Cues, Generalization
Peer reviewedDenney, Douglas R. – Child Development, 1973
Reflective and impulsive children were instructed to hasten or delay their responses on a test of hypothesis-seeking and constraint seeking conceptual strategies. Latency of response data on pretesting, training, and immediate posttests showed that the attempts to hasten or delay responses were successful in changing response latencies. (ST)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Conceptual Tempo, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedShure, Myrna B.; And Others – Child Development, 1971
Implications are that increasing a child's ability to think in terms of alternative solutions to real-life problems could supplement a primary preventive mental health program. (Authors)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Rating Scales, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
