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Attribute Selection in Concept Identification
Chatfield, Douglas C.; Janek, Erwin J. – Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1972
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Discrimination Learning, Error Patterns, Hypothesis Testing
Attention to Components or Compounds as a Factor in Discrimination Transfer Performance.
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House, Betty J. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1979
Two groups of mentally retarded children (MA: 4 to 8 years) were pretrained using two different methods. It was predicted that shift performance of the two groups trained to use different strategies would resemble those of two different developmental levels. (MP)
Descriptors: Attention, Children, Comparative Analysis, Discrimination Learning
A STUDY OF CHILDREN'S ERROR TENDENCIES DURING LEARNING.
BERMAN, PHYLLIS W. – 1965
THE ERROR FACTORS WHICH OPERATE DURING THE DISCRIMINATION LEARNING OF NORMAL CHILDREN WERE STUDIED. THREE EXPERIMENTS WERE CONDUCTED TO COMPARE RESPONSE-SHIFT AND RESPONSE-PRESERVERATION TENDENCIES OF DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS. THE FIRST EXPERIMENT INCLUDED 4-, 6-, 8-, AND 10-YEAR-OLDS WHO WERE GIVEN REWARD AND NONREWARD PROBLEMS. THE SECOND EXPERIMENT…
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Discrimination Learning, Experimental Programs
Factors in Learning Stereometric Discriminations in Children
Etaugh, Claire Falk – Percept Mot Skills, 1970
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Depth Perception, Discrimination Learning, Learning Processes
Learning and Problem Solving by the Mentally Retarded Under Three Testing Conditions
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Stevenson, Harold W.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1970
Descriptors: Adolescents, Discrimination Learning, Incidental Learning, Learning
Problem-Solving Strategies and Performance of Severely Retarded Children
Coates, Brian; Moffitt, Alan R. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning, Exceptional Child Research, Intelligence Differences
A STUDY OF CERTAIN FACTORS AFFECTING CHILDRENS' SCHOOL PERFORMANCE.
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SPENCE, JANET T. – 1966
AS PART OF THE RESEARCH ON THE INFLUENCE OF RESPONSE-CONTINGENT REINFORCERS ON THE LEARNING AND PROBLEM-SOLVING BEHAVIOR OF CHILDREN, THE EFFECTS OF A LIMITED NUMBER OF VARIABLES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF CHILDREN OF THREE AGE LEVELS (4-5, 7-8, AND 10-11), SELECTED EQUALLY FROM MIDDLE- AND LOWER-CLASS BACKGROUNDS, WERE INVESTIGATED. THE EXPERIMENTAL…
Descriptors: Discrimination Learning, Learning Processes, Lower Class, Middle Class
Patterns of Hypothesis Testing in Children's Discriminative Learning: A Study of the Development of Problem-Solving Strategies.
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Kemler, Deborah G. – Developmental Psychology, 1978
Three studies of elementary school children's problem-solving procedures in intentional discrimination tasks are reported. Subjects were children selected from kindergarten and grades 2, 3, and 6. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Discrimination Learning, Elementary Education
Relationship Between Task Difficulty and the Criterion: Should We Measure Early or Late?
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Levine, Edward L.; Weitz, Joseph – Journal of Applied Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Difficulty Level, Discrimination Learning, Individual Differences