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Peer reviewedWard, Thomas B. – Child Development, 1990
Addresses Nelson's commentary on Ward, Vela, and Hass' study of children's category learning (both of which are in this issue). Discusses the issue of whether a holistic processing view provides a better account of children's learning than does an analytical view. (PCB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Classification, Concept Formation, Holistic Approach
Peer reviewedWard, Thomas B.; And Others – Child Development, 1990
Three experiments examined the modes of processing that children and adults use in learning family-resemblance categories. Children and adults exhibited primarily analytic, rather than holistic, modes of learning. (PCB)
Descriptors: Adults, Child Development, Classification, Concept Formation
