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Peer reviewedCunningham, Joseph G.; Odom, Richard D. – Child Development, 1978
Children 6 and 11 years of age were given a recall task in which the perceptual salience of the information and the type of conceptual evaluation required for solution (analysis or synthesis) were varied. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Dimensional Preference, Elementary School Students, Problem Solving
Katsuyama, Ronald M.; Hoffarth, Gary D. – 1978
This study had two major purposes: to examine the effects of dimensional salience upon the learning of conjunction and disjunction rules, and to investigate an alternative to the prevailing cognitive-change accounts of developmental differences in multidimensional problem solving. The relative salience of each of four stimulus dimensions (form,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Dimensional Preference
Odom, Richard D. – 1977
This paper examines the concept of decalage from two cognitive-change positions (structures of logical thought and attentional and verbal mediators) and proposes an alternative explanation for decalage from a perceptual-change point of view. The term decalage is used to summarize the relation between differences in performance of various age…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Children, Cognitive Development
