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Peer reviewedByrnes, James P.; Gelman, Susan A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1990
On balance and buzzer tasks, different developmental trends were found for recall of covariance ideas than for recall of explanation ideas. There were developmental increases in the frequency of "if" and "because" statements used to describe causal sequences. Third- and fifth-graders systematically paired "if" with…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Etiology
