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ERIC Number: EJ168345
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1977
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Developmental Trends in Free Classification: Evidence for a New Conceptualization of Perceptual Development
Smith, Linda B.; Kemler, Deborah G.
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 24, 2, 279-298, Oct 77
Two studies explored the hypothesis that young children perceive integrally some stimuli that older children perceive separably. In both experiments, kindergarten, second- and fifth-grade children were required to classify sets of stimuli that varied in size and brightness. (SB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Elementary School Students, Perceptual Development, Research, Visual Perception, Visual Stimuli
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