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Mental Representation of Length and Weight Series and Transitive Inferences in Young Children.
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Perner, Josef; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1981
Eight-year-old children were trained on length or weight relationships between adjacent members of a five-item series of colored objects. Visual feedback was provided. Results indicated more salient visual feedback reduced learning effort for length but not for weight comparisons. Encoding differences found in another experiment were used to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Feedback, Problem Solving
Manipulating Visual Feedback in Word Acquisition Behavior in TMR Subjects
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Jackson, Merrill S. – Journal of Special Education, 1977
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Feedback, Mental Retardation
Developmental Trends of Visual Feedback Control and Learning in Children's Copying and Tracking Skills.
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Sovik, Nils – Journal of Experimental Education, 1980
A description is given of an experiment investigating the applicability of a cybernetic theory in teaching children psychomotor skills. Results showed a learning effect in copying for younger subjects, in tracing for older subjects, and in tracking for all subjects. (GK)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Eye Hand Coordination, Feedback
An Effort toward Improving the Spelling Pretest.
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Hillerich, Robert L. – Journal of Educational Research, 1984
A study of elementary school students investigated the effects of immediate feedback during a spelling pretest compared to the usual delayed feedback after dictation of an entire word list. Results indicated a small degree of difference between methods. (Author/DF)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Feedback, Learning Processes