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ERIC Number: EJ453404
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
The Development of Category-Based Induction.
Lopez, Alejandro; And Others
Child Development, v63 n5 p1070-90 Oct 1992
Four experiments determined that kindergartners' and second graders' inductions are sensitive to the similarity between premise and conclusion categories. Second graders' inductions are sensitive to the similarity of a premise category to a higher order category that includes the premise and conclusion categories. (BC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classification, Cognitive Development, Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Induction, Kindergarten, Primary Education, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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