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Peer reviewedSwanson, Lee – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1979
The development of the concept of conservation was examined in 120 elementary school children divided into three groups: partially sighted, sighted, and sighted-blindfolded. (CM)
Descriptors: Blindness, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept)
Download full textAnderson, Charles W.; Smith, Edward L. – 1986
This study focused on misconceptions related to light and vision. Researchers administered diagnostic tests about light, vision, and color before and after instruction to 227 fifth-grade students over a 2-year period. They also conducted 11 clinical interviews. The tests and interviews revealed that almost all students shared certain…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Color, Concept Formation, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedSawada, Daiyo; Jarman, R. F. – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1978
One hundred and eighty fourth-grade boys completed tasks where they were given stimulus patterns in one or two sensory modes (auditory or visual) and asked to identify equivalent patterns in the same or in the other mode. Correlations between mathematics achievement and modality matching ability were significant with "striking" variation…
Descriptors: Achievement, Auditory Tests, Cognitive Development, Educational Research
