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Download full textVago, Stephen; Siegler, Robert S. – 1977
This paper presents a framework for conceptualizing the different ways in which instructions in experimental tasks may be misunderstood. Five possible types of misunderstandings are identified and discussed: (1) misunderstanding of a particular term in the instructions; (2) misinterpretation of a task because the instructions are difficult to…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Tests, Developmental Psychology
