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Peer reviewedBrainerd, C. J. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1993
Focuses on the question of whether developmental improvement in performance on cognitive tasks is abrupt or continuous. Explains three model-based approaches to this question, and stresses that research conducted in these approaches has indicated that developmental improvements consist of jumps through discrete states. Concludes that these results…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Continuity, Developmental Stages, Models
Peer reviewedThomas, Hoben; Lohaus, Arnold – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1993
In 2 studies, subjects between 7 and 16 years of age indicated predictions for the water level in a tilted container or the position of a plumb line. Found that sex differences were evident at all ages; task performance improved with age according to a discrete stage process; and task performance was determined by field effects and rule strategy.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages
