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ERIC Number: EJ231263
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1980
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Form and Function Information in Young Children's Concepts of Familiar Objects.
Garner, Ruth
Educational Research Quarterly, v5 n1 p31-40 Spr 1980
Relative contributions of form and function information to concepts of 10 objects were investigated with first, second, and third-grade subjects. For first graders, function information about objects took precedence. For second and third graders, form information took precedence. (Author/GSK)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Elementary School Students, Expressive Language, Perception, Primary Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Form v Function