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Download full textFletcher, Harold J. – 1969
The first part of this paper briefly describes two studies concerned with cognitive processes in children. One study examined the ability of Kindergarten and First Grade children to apply a simple rule of logical inference in order to solve a two-object discrimination problem. Specifically, the rule was of the form "if A, then not B." A second…
Descriptors: Ability, Children, Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning
Terry, Pamela Rollefson; Samuels, S. Jay – 1974
Compared were performances of 12 educable mentally retarded (EMR) and 12 normal children in grade 6 on a perceptual learning task to determine whether individuals with different intelligence levels have different learning abilities. A protable minicomputer was used to present "old letters" (usual lower case letters) and "new letters" (letter-like…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research
Peer reviewedBrooks, Clarence R.; Clair, Theodore Nat – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Discrimination Learning
Peer reviewedLovaas, O. Ivar; Wilhelm, Hannelore – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1976
Overselective attention in discrimination between picture cards was investigated with three groups of children with different IQ levels: 10 severely retarded (IQ = 29 - 51, CA = 9.6 - 18 years), 10 moderately retarded (IQ = 56 - 85, CA = 12.8 - 16.3 years), and 10 non-retarded (CA = 10 - 12 years). (Author/IM)
Descriptors: Attention, Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
