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Chan, Winnie Wai Lan; Au, Terry K.; Tang, Joey – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2011
Even when two-digit numbers are irrelevant to the task at hand, adults process them. Do children process numbers automatically, and if so, what kind of information is activated? In a novel dot-number Stroop task, children (Grades 1-5) and adults were shown two different two-digit numbers made up of dots. Participants were asked to select the…
Descriptors: Reaction Time, Numbers, Grade 1, Cognitive Processes

Cancelli, Anthony A.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1980
The complexity hypothesis suggests that the hierarchical arrangement of learning tasks is related to the complexity of the task. Using a definition of complexity based on an analysis of the rules governing performance on a task, the present study lent support to the hypothesis. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: Classification, Difficulty Level, Elementary Education, Learning Theories

Scheuerman, Nancy; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1974
Descriptors: Behavior, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research
Uprichard, A. Edward; Phillips, E. Ray – 1975
A hierarchy for learning to solve different types of addition with fractions problems was hypothesized on the basis of both content analysis and psychological considerations. Problem types were defined according to the relationship of the two denominators to each other (e.g., equal, prime, etc.) Students in grades 4 through 8 were each given 45…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Fractions, Instruction
Brown, T. W.; And Others – 1970
Questions investigated in this study deal with relationships between map problem difficulty and students' acquired level of intellectual development, the effects of sequential mastery of map concepts, and the optimum age to introduce certain map concepts in the geography curriculum. In the main investigation, which covered varied selected,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Difficulty Level, Educational Research, Elementary Education