A Developmental Investigation of Verbal Concept Formation.

Woolum, Sandra J.

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Publication Date: 1976

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A Developmental Investigation of Verbal Concept Formation

Woolum, Sandra J.

Journal of Genetic Psychology, 129, 1, 63-76, Sep 76

In order to test the hypothesis that the ability to form verbal concepts would increase with age, a test for verbal concept formation was developed and administered to 668 children between the ages of 4 and 9. By varying sentences that describe nonsense figures, 4 variables were systematically explored. (MS)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Early Childhood Education, Language Acquisition, Research, Sentence Structure, Syntax, Verbal Development

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