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Freedom from External Evaluation
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Maehr, Martin L.; Stallings, William M. – Child Development, 1972
Two experiments were conducted to assess the effects of varying degrees of external evaluation not only on performance but also on continuing motivation. (Authors)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Grade 8, Motivation
Intelligence of Retinoblastoma Patients and Their Siblings
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Levitt, Eugene A.; And Others – Child Development, 1972
It was concluded that while retinoblastoma per se is not associated with intellectual superiority or inferiority, retinoblastoma associated with blindness may result in selective cognitive superiority. (Authors)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Intellectual Development, Intelligence
Tests Built from Piaget's and Gesell's Tasks as Predictors of First-Grade Achievement
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Kaufman, Alan S.; Kaufman, Nadeen L. – Child Development, 1972
Results offer empirical support to Ilg and Ames's claim that the Gesell battery is an excellent predictor of school readiness. The close similarity of the Piaget and Gesell tests accords well with previous findings that the two tests have much in common. (Authors/MB)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Intelligence Tests, Predictive Measurement
Evidence for the Unconditionability of the Babkin Reflex in Newborns
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Sostek, Anita M.; And Others – Child Development, 1972
The Babkin reflex is a reaction to the simultaneous pressing of the palms of the hands of the infant. (Authors)
Descriptors: Classical Conditioning, Comparative Analysis, Conditioning, Control Groups
Motivational and Achievement Differences among Children of Various Ordinal Birth Positions
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Adams, Russel L.; Phillips, Beeman N. – Child Development, 1972
When differences in level of motivation were controlled, all of the previously found differences between firstborn and later born disappeared. (Authors)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Birth Order, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students
A Sensory-Motor Context Affecting Performance in a Conservation Task: A Closer Analogue of Reversibility Than Empirical Return
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Schnall, Melvyn; And Others – Child Development, 1972
Study compares the effects of different conditions which imply reversibility on children's judgments of conservation of quantity. (Authors)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Conservation (Concept), Kindergarten Children, Perceptual Motor Coordination
Noun-Pair Learning in Children and Adults: Underlying Strings and Retrieval Time
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Suzuki, Nancy S. – Child Development, 1972
Study was an attempt to explain the observed difference associated with sentence type in the performance of children and the absence of a similar difference in the performance of college students. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Deep Structure, Grade 5
The Development of Communication Skills in Deaf and Hearing Children
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Hoemann, Harry W. – Child Development, 1972
Channel properties of the deaf children's gesture language are discussed in the light of their communicative behavior. (Author)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis, Deafness, Elementary School Students