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Action Imitation at 1.5 Years Is Better than Pointing Gesture in Predicting Late Development of Language Production at 3 Years of Age
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Zambrana, Imac M.; Ystrom, Eivind; Schjolberg, Synnve; Pons, Francisco – Child Development, 2013
This study examined whether poor pointing gestures and imitative actions at 18 months of age uniquely predicted late language production at 36 months, beyond the role of poor language at 18 months of age. Data from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study were utilized. Maternal reports of the children's nonverbal skills and language were…
Descriptors: Imitation, Toddlers, Prediction, Child Development
The Representation of Imagined Objects in Action Sequences: A Developmental Study
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Overton, Willis F.; Jackson, Joseph P. – Child Development, 1973
Major finding of this study demonstrates clear support for the proposed developmental sequence of gestural representation. (Authors)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Imagination
On the Psychological Reality of Cognitive Structures: A Tentative Synthesis of Piaget's and Bruner's Theories
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Steiner, Gerhard – Child Development, 1974
Piaget's concept of "internalization" is analyzed and related to Bruner's representational theories of cognitive development. Cognitive structures are shown to be real exclusively in an actual representation. (Author/SDH)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis
Matching Auditory and Visual Series: Modality Problem or Translation Problem?
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Goodnow, Jacqueline J. – Child Development, 1971
An investigation to account for age changes in the accuracy with which children match auditory to visual series. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Auditory Discrimination, Child Development, Elementary School Students