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Peer reviewedPayne, Beverly Dean – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1981
Reports that children's beliefs concerning the different characteristics of males and females vary according to the age and sex of the child. (ST)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Grade 3, Grade 5
Nelson-Le Gall, Sharon A. – 1984
A study was conducted to examine the task-related help-seeking behavior of 85 third- and fifth-grade boys and girls of varying scholastic ability. Participants, white middle-class children, were blocked into high- and low-ability groups on the basis of word comprehension subscores on the California Achievement Test. Children were presented with 16…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Prentice, Norman M.; Fathman, Robert E. – Proceedings, 80th Annual Convention, APA, 1972, 1972
The promise of joking riddles as a developmental index of children's humor was investigated through studying the enjoyment and comprehension of riddles and nonriddles by first-, third-, and fifth-grade normal children. Based on previous studies, it was predicted that enjoyment and comprehension of riddles would increase with age and that the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Comprehension, Grade 1
Bittle, Monnie L.; Clark, M. L. – 1986
The relationship of expectations and assessments of friendships among third and fifth graders was studied. Particular attention was given to (1) the relationships between friendship expectation (FE), the assessment of present friendships (FA), and friendship reciprocity (FR); (2) gender, racial, and grade level differences in these same three…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Evaluation
Nannis, Ellen D. – 1987
A study was conducted to examine young children's ideas about a psychology study in which they had participated, and to assess their perceptions about the voluntary nature of their participation. Subjects were 28 third-grade students and 28 fifth-grade students. Findings indicated that while no significant grade level differences existed in…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comprehension, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Peer revieweddlugokinski, Eric; Firestone, Ira J. – Child Development, 1973
This research demonstrates significant but moderate association among 4 methods of measuring other-centeredness, including behavioral, cognitive, valuative, and peer-rating measures. (Authors)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Altruism, Grade 5, Grade 8
Peer reviewedKogan, Nathan; Pankove, Ethel – Child Development, 1972
A possible interpretation of the differential predictability across school systems as revealed in this study, is offered. (Authors/MB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Creativity, Grade 10, Grade 5
Download full textKincade, Kay M.; Kleine, Paul F. – 1990
A study examined the effect of gender, age, and cognitive task on three types of reading recall. Subjects, 40 boys and girls in the second grade and 40 in the fifth grade from a suburban Northeast school system, all reading at or above grade level, performed cued or free recall on four high-interest short stories. Reading recall was assessed via…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Grade 2, Grade 5
Peer reviewedFisher, Peter J. L. – Reading Horizons, 1988
Examines the influence of teachers, age, sex, and race on the reading preferences of third, fourth, and fifth grade pupils. Concludes that the tested variables do explain differences, but that there are more similarities than differences. (RS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
Peer reviewedNelson-Le Gall, Sharon; And Others – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1990
Findings of two experiments involving third and fifth graders indicated that subjects' confidence in the correctness of their solutions to verbal tasks influenced the frequency and type of help they sought. Frequency and type of help sought varied with self-assessments for older children more than younger. (RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 5
Peer reviewedWaas, Gregory A. – Journal of School Psychology, 1991
Subjects (n=180) equally divided by grade (second, fifth, college freshmen) and sex participated in study investigating dimension of outcome expectancy (school achievement, peer relations, teacher relations, personal satisfaction, negative side effects) that clients use in evaluating potential school-based treatment intervention. Outcome…
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Freshmen, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedCrick, Nicki R.; Ladd, Gary W. – Developmental Psychology, 1990
Examined strategy outcome perceptions of popular, average, neglected, and rejected third and fifth graders. Found that children's outcome expectations and strategy evaluations varied as a function of peer status, age, and gender. (RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Expectation
Peer reviewedMiller, Scott A.; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1993
Examined the accuracy with which parents judged their children's preferences, and the relationship between parental accuracy and children's cognitive performance. Mothers were more accurate than fathers; parents of fifth graders were more accurate than parents of second graders. The accuracy of parents' predictions was related to children's…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education
PDF pending restorationWebb, James T.; Mayers, Barbara S. – 1972
Developmental influences on temporal perspective is investigated. Objectives of the study were to clarify whether temporal perspective develops in a continuous or discontinuous fashion and to determine sex differences in relation to temporal perspective during adolescence. The study included 20 boys and 20 girls in each of four age groups: 9 &…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Anxiety, Bibliographies
Kendall-Tackett, Kathleen A.; Spear, Paul S. – 1984
This study investigated the effects of intraprogram synopses on children's comprehension of essential and peripheral content of an action-adventure television drama. The impact of these synopses on the comprehension of commercials also was investigated. A total of 30 second graders and 30 fifth graders participated. Synopses were presented to…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comprehension, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
