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Veraksa, Alexander N. – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2011
This article used two studies to investigate sign and symbol mediation in children aged 8-11 years. In role play, children exist at one at the same time in objective reality and their representation of reality. We cannot observe their mental representation directly, but the issue of whether signs or symbols mediate early role play is an important…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Children
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Fuller, Ellen W.; And Others – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1979
Examines the influence of gender, reading level of student, and source of data on science concept formation and retention. Results indicate that reading level of students does influence science concept formation and retention, but gender and source of data (method of instruction) do not. (MA)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Concept Formation, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Allen, Mary Kathleen; Liebert, Robert M. – J Personality Soc Psychol, 1969
Hypothesizes that children's behavior will be more greatly affected by a live deviant model than by information about deviant behavior, and that if both models are presented, the effect will be additive. Results supported the hypotheses. Bibliography, tables, and graph. (JB)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Standards, Behavioral Science Research, Grade 3
Punn, Avtar Kaur – 1973
This study was conducted to determine the relative effectiveness of the use of three different combinations of enactive, ikonic and symbolic representation in teaching multiplication to third-grade students. Ninety students in three classrooms were instructed in accordance with the assigned treatment for nine weeks. Groups were equated using the…
Descriptors: Achievement, Arithmetic, Attitudes, Doctoral Dissertations