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Direct linkPassig, David – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2009
Children with mental retardation have pronounced difficulties in using cognitive strategies and comprehending abstract concepts--among them, the concept of sequential time (Van-Handel, Swaab, De-Vries, & Jongmans, 2007). The perception of sequential time is generally tested by using scenarios presenting a continuum of actions. The goal of this…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Comparative Analysis, Computer Simulation
Peer reviewedKlein, Amelia J. – Child Study Journal, 1985
Investigates kindergarten children's ability to comprehend and appreciate cognitively-oriented humor. Conceptual development was measured by assessing children's responses to a liquid conservation task modeled after Piaget. Results fail to support previous theories and indicate that a majority of the children fully comprehended and were able to…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedAndrich, Gail Rex; Tager-Flusberg, Helen – Journal of Child Language, 1986
Reports two studies which investigated the acquisition of color terms by preschool children. The first was designed to clarify the role of certain conceptual factors in the acquisition of color terms. The second explored how input may interact with these conceptual factors and help to guide the acquisition of color words. (SED)
Descriptors: Child Language, Color, Comprehension, Concept Formation
Gulkus, Steven P. – 1977
The relationship between conceptual complexity and stimulus saliency was explored in a 3 x 4 factorial design using 144 undergraduates. Levels of complexity were represented by varying the ratio of relevant-to-irrelevant dimensions (1:3, 2:2, and 3:1). The saliency factor varied according to the discriminability between each attribute within…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Discrimination Learning
Download full textGotts, Edward Earl; And Others – 1975
The role of language in conservation tasks and the development of the concept of conservation of quantity in young children are investigated in this study. A total of 50 children, aged 3.0 to 4.7 years, were divided into three groups according to age with a large number clustered around age 4.0 years. Children were randomly assigned to one of two…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept)
Faber, Ronald J.; And Others – 1981
A study was conducted to compare the relative importance of several different variables from different theoretical perspectives in explaining how children understood the advertising on commercial television. Sixty-seven first and third grade students were interviewed individually to assess their current stage of logical operations and role taking,…
Descriptors: Advertising, Behavioral Science Research, Child Development, Childrens Television
