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Effect of Perceptual Pretraining on Children's Concept Performance with Nonpreferred Relevant Dimensions: Evidence for the Role of Attentional Strategies.
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Toppino, Thomas C.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1979
Two experiments investigated why perceptual pretraining facilitates children's performance on concept problems involving a nonpreferred relevant dimension and preferred irrelevant dimensions. (JMB)
Descriptors: Attention, Concept Formation, Dimensional Preference, Kindergarten Children
Effect of Dimensional Salience and Salience of Variability on Problem Solving: A Developmental Study
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Zelniker, Tamar; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1975
A matching task was presented to 120 subjects from 6 to 20 years of age to investigate the relative influence of dimensional salience and salience of variability on problem solving. The task included four dimensions: form, color, number, and position. (LLK)
Descriptors: College Students, Dimensional Preference, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students