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ERIC Number: EJ439958
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
Global-Local Processing in Preschool Children.
Stiles, Joan; And Others
Child Development, v62 n6 p1258-75 Dec 1991
In two experiments, preschool children and adults were asked to judge which way an equilateral triangle was pointing under several contextual conditions. Results indicated that children and adults attended to both global and local levels of a pattern. (BC)
Descriptors: Context Effect, Geometric Constructions, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Spatial Ability, Visual Perception, Visual Stimuli
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Global Processing (Psychology); Local Processing (Psychology); Visual Processing