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Balcomb, Frances; Newcombe, Nora S.; Ferrara, Katrina – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2011
The relationship between emergent spatial understanding in different cognitive domains, including navigation and language, has rarely been studied using methods that allow for the examination of individual differences. In this study the authors explored emergent place learning and its relationship to early spatial language, namely prepositions, in…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Navigation, Orientation, Child Development
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Goodman, Sherryl Hope – Child Development, 1981
Results of a study of 38 preschool children observed and videotaped during performance on a jigsaw-puzzle task indicate that puzzle solutions accompanied by a high rate of verbalizations were judged as more proficient, solved with a high rate of puzzle-solving moves, and completed in a shorter period of time. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Child Language, Object Manipulation, Oral Language, Preschool Children