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Prentice, Joan L.; Panda, Kailas C. – 1970
Experiment I was designed to demonstrate that young children fail to abstract the positive cue as the relevant stimulus event in a restricted concept-learning task. Sixteen kindergarten and 16 fourth grade subjects were trained to criterion on a Kendler-type task, whereupon each subject was presented a pair of new instances which contrasted only…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Academic Ability, Children, Concept Formation
Osler, Sonia F. – 1970
The research described in this paper is concerned with conceptual learning in disadvantaged children. The various studies discussed were concerned with the current learning capacity of the subjects. The tasks presented consisted of inductive concept problems. Subjects were provided with various experiences and the effects of these procedures on…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Concept Teaching, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth
Stevenson, Harold W. – 1972
This book is a compilation of literature and research concerning how children learn. The first chapter is a historical introduction to research in learning that summarizes the major developments of the last 100 years and relates these developments specifically to children's learning. The main body of the text is divided into six major topics: (1)…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Concept Formation, Discrimination Learning, Early Childhood Education
Klausmeier, Herbert J.; And Others – 1973
The Model of Conceptual Learning and Development (CLD) is an analytical, descriptive model. It defines four levels of concept attainment and the possible uses and extensions of attained concepts, specifies the cognitive operations involved in learning concepts at each of the four levels, and postulates internal and external conditions of learning…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Child Development, Classification, Cognitive Development
Klausmeier, Herbert J.; And Others – 1974
The Model of Conceptual Learning and Development (CLD) is an analytical, descriptive model. It defines four levels of concept attainment and the possible uses and extensions of attained concepts, specifies the cognitive operations involved in learning concepts at each of the four levels, and postulates internal and external conditions of learning…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Child Development, Classification, Cognitive Development
Klausmeier, Herbert J.; And Others – 1973
The Model of Conceptual Learning and Development (CLD) is an analytical, descriptive model. It defines four levels of concept attainment and the possible uses and extensions of attained concepts, specifies the cognitive operations involved in learning concepts at each of the four levels, and postulates internal and external conditions of learning…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Child Development, Classification, Cognitive Development
Klausmeier, Herbert J.; And Others – 1973
The Model of Conceptual Learning and Development (CLD) is an analytical, descriptive model. It defines four levels of concept attainment and the possible uses and extensions of attained concepts, specifies the cognitive operations involved in learning concepts at each of the four levels, and postulates internal and external conditions of learning…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Child Development, Classification, Cognitive Development
ELLIS, NORMAN R. – 1963
THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF 21 AUTHORS IN THIS VOLUME ARE DEVOTED TO ASSESSING THE STATUS OF RESEARCH AND THEORY IN MENTAL DEFICIENCY, FOCUSING ATTENTION ON THE BEHAVIOR OF THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED. PART ONE IS CONCERNED WITH RESEARCH FINDINGS AND THEORIES TO EXPLAIN MENTAL DEFICIENCY. COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES REPRESENTED INCLUDE FIELD…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Behavior, Behavior Theories, Behavioral Science Research