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ERIC Number: EJ251337
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Jun
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Children's Left-Right Concepts: Generalization across Figure and Location.
Fisher, Celia B.; Braine, Lila G.
Child Development, v52 n2 p451-56 Jun 1981
Found that preschool children can form abstract concepts of left and right which are not bound to the specific training context: children were able to generalize to new figures and to new spatial locations. The nature of the preschool child's left-right judgments is discussed. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Discrimination Learning, Generalization, Preschool Children, Spatial Ability
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Left Right Discrimination