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Levitt, Eugene A.; And Others – Child Development, 1972
It was concluded that while retinoblastoma per se is not associated with intellectual superiority or inferiority, retinoblastoma associated with blindness may result in selective cognitive superiority. (Authors)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Intellectual Development, Intelligence
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Adams, Russel L.; Phillips, Beeman N. – Child Development, 1972
When differences in level of motivation were controlled, all of the previously found differences between firstborn and later born disappeared. (Authors)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Birth Order, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students
Bedient, Douglas; Moore, David M. – Journal of Visual/Verbal Languaging, 1985
This study investigated the accuracy and types of interpretations that fifth, eighth, and eleventh graders gave to 24 editorial cartoons in four issue areas and the effect of intelligence on political cartoon interpretation. Numerous misinterpretations and no interpretations indicates assumptions that cartoons are an effective teaching medium…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cartoons, Communication Research, Comparative Analysis
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Miller, Jack; Skvarcius, Rom – 1970
In 1969-70, the research department of the Children's Television Workshop (CTW) established research sites in day care centers to provide feedback to the CTW staff and to conduct a controlled study of the educational benefits derived from viewing the program "Sesame Street." A randomized sample of 200 preschool students was given an…
Descriptors: Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Early Childhood Education, Educational Research