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ERIC Number: EJ086614
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1973
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Children's Use of Prototypes in Pattern Classification
Drummond, Thomas B.; And Others
Child Development, 44, 3, 686-688, Sep 73
In a schematic concept formation task, second and fifth graders were required to sort 60 computer-generated, 8-sided polygons into two classes. The results indicated that age differences in schematic concept formation are due more to the efficiency of information use than to differences in strategy or the selection of information to be used. (ST)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classification, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Elementary School Students, Information Processing, Pattern Recognition, Schematic Studies, Sex Differences
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