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Peer reviewedSchmidt, Constance R.; Paris, Scott G. – Child Development, 1978
The role of reversibility in children's comprehension and memory for sequences of pictures was investigated for children in preschool, kindergarten, and first and second grades. Bidirectionality in the ability to remember and infer antecedents and consequences was assessed. (JMB)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Comprehension, Elementary School Students, Memory
Peer reviewedGullo, Dominic F. – Child Development, 1981
Sixty middle-class and 60 lower-class children between the ages of three and five were asked to respond to six types of "wh-questions." Social class significantly affected the overall frequency of correct responses within each age group of children tested. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Comprehension, Language Processing, Language Usage
Peer reviewedParis, Scott G.; And Others – Child Development, 1977
Children's ability to infer consequences from sentences automatically was assessed in two cued recall experiments. Seven- and eight-year-old children and adults served as subjects. (JMB)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adults, Age Differences, Comprehension
Peer reviewedEhri, Linnea C.; Ammon, Paul R. – Child Development, 1974
Children, aged 4-8 were given 2-term relational problems to test the hypothesis that only older children can process sentences as propositions and realize their logical implications. Results indicated even the youngest children could perform the task. (ST)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedMalgady, Robert G. – Child Development, 1977
Presents a developmental study of children's understanding and appreciation of figurative language. Results replicated previous findings that kindergarten children are capable of interpreting figurative language whereas appreciation appears to require increased cognitive sophistication. (JMB)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Comprehension
Peer reviewedKuhn, Deanna; Phelps, Henry – Child Development, 1976
The development of children's comprehension of cause and effect relationships was studied in 68 kindergarten, first grade, and second grade children. (BRT)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension
Peer reviewedWellman, Henry M.; Hickling, Anne K. – Child Development, 1994
Presents the results of three studies examining children's conception of the mind itself as an independent, active entity. Findings revealed a developing ability in children to interpret and produce statements personifying the mind and provided considerable evidence of children's movement toward a conception of the mind as an active agent…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
Peer reviewedSchwanenflugel, Paula J.; And Others – Child Development, 1994
Examined 8- and 10-year olds' understanding of the unique features of and potential relations among mental activities. Found a developing tendency to organize mental activities on the degree to which memory was a component of the activity. Results suggest that a constructivist theory of mind develops in later childhood. (AA)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Child Development, Children, Cognitive Development
