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Peer reviewedMcPherson, Leslie Maggie Perrin – Journal of Child Language, 1991
Various theories of learning for the categories "count noun" and "mass noun" are compared. It is argued that children assign words to these categories on the basis of intuitions arising from perception that are relevant to Macnamara's (1986) definitions of the categories. (39 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Context Clues, English
Bland, Laurel LeMieux – 1975
The study determined if a significant difference was demonstrated between American Indians and Caucasians on visual perception and recall tasks associated with cognitive function. It was hypothesized that a significant difference existed between scores obtained by Indian children enrolled in reservation schools and that of Caucasian children…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Alaska Natives, American Indian Reservations, American Indians
