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ERIC Number: EJ305782
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Young Children's Recognition and Use of the Vertical and Horizontal in Drawings.
Perner, Josef; And Others
Child Development, v55 n4 p1637-45 Aug 1984
Tested the hypothesis that young children's tendency to draw horizontal or vertical objects perpendicularly to an oblique surface reflects their preference for perpendicular drawings as conceptually correct depictions. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Concept Formation, Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Students, Error Patterns, Foreign Countries, Freehand Drawing, Kindergarten Children, Preschool Children, Recognition (Psychology)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Austria; Piagetian Theory