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Peer reviewedSolomon, Joan – School Science Review, 1983
Discusses students' formation of concepts about energy, classifying responses as living/nonliving, human (vitalism or activity), and nonhuman (supply or demand). Observations were based on class discussions and free writing, followed by questioning to check on stability of concepts. Also collected and reported are student responses (examples of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Concept Formation
Peer reviewedDePorter, Deborah A.; Kavanaugh, Robert D. – Studies in Art Education, 1978
Forty students, grades 4 and 8, were given match-to-sample tests on Western art, to gauge their ability to recognize paintings by the same artist. Eighth-graders performed reliably better than fourth-graders, and their matching justifications were more advanced. Prior artistic experiences improved style sensitivity. (SJL)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Art Appreciation, Developmental Stages, Discrimination Learning
Download full textWilliams, Joanna P. – 1974
In the first experiment, the development of the ability to copy alphabet letters by black males aged 3-9 (middle and low S.E.S.) was studied, using a newly-developed scoring system. In the second experiment, kindergarteners learned to associate letter names with six lower-case printed letters by the anticipation method. The addition of an…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Discrimination Learning, Kindergarten Children, Kinesthetic Methods
Jensen, Kai – 1968
Simple and complex learning and problem solving situations were employed with mentally retarded children and adults. In the Rotation-Discrimination Complex and the Size-Discrimination Simple experiments, upper and lower test achievement subgroups were subjected to two basic types of visual discrimination at different levels of task complexity.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Conservation (Concept)
Peer reviewedCooper, Nancy A. – Journal of Research in Music Education, 1995
Examines the relationship between vocal pitch accuracy and gender, grade level, and the presence or absence of an accompanying unison voice. Reveals no significant differences between unison or individual singing or for gender. Fourth and fifth graders exhibited significant differences. (MJP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Auditory Stimuli, Cognitive Processes
Klausmeier, Herbert J.; And Others – 1976
For this study, the second in the cross sectional series, based on the Conceptual Learning and Development (CLD) model, assessment batteries were developed to determine each child's level of attainment and related use of the concepts "equilateral triangle,""cutting tool,""noun," and "tree." Batteries were…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Classification, Cognitive Development
Klausmeier, Herbert J.; And Others – 1976
For this study, the second in the cross sectional series, based on the Conceptual Learning and Development (CLD) model, assessment batteries were developed to determine each child's level of concept attainment and also the related use of the concepts "equilateral triangle,""cutting tool,""noun," and "tree."…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Classification, Cognitive Development
