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ERIC Number: EJ661603
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Elementary School-Age Children's Capacity To Choose Positive Diagnostic and Negative Diagnostic Tests.
Samuels, Mark C.; McDonald, John
Child Development, v73 n3 p857-66 May-Jun 2002
Two experiments compared 10-year-olds' and adults' ability to choose positive and negative diagnostic tests over positive and negative nondiagnostic tests. Findings indicated that both age groups were more likely to prefer positive diagnostic tests over positive nondiagnostic tests, although only adults showed a significant preference for negative diagnostic tests over positive nondiagnostic ones. Both groups preferred negative diagnostic tests over negative nondiagnostic ones, demonstrating children's ability to reason diagnostically. (JPB)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Attitudes, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Diagnostic Tests, Test Bias, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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