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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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The Use of Geometric Properties of 2D Arrays across Development
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Gibson, Brett M.; Leichtman, Michelle D.; Costa, Rachel; Bemis, Rhyannon – Learning and Motivation, 2009
Four- to 10-year-old children (n = 50) participated in a 2D search task that included geometry (with- and without lines) and feature conditions. During each of 27 trials, participants watched as a cartoon character hid behind one of three landmarks arranged in a triangle on a computer screen. During feature condition trials, participants could use…
Descriptors: Cartoons, Geometric Concepts, Cognitive Development, Young Children
Use of Landmark Features and Geometry by Children and Adults during a Two-Dimensional Search Task
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Gibson, Brett M.; Leichtman, Michelle D.; Kung, Deborah A.; Simpson, Michael J. – Learning and Motivation, 2007
Three- to six-year-old children (n=28) and adults (n=46) participated in a two-dimensional search task that included geometry and feature conditions. During each of 24 trials, participants watched as a cartoon character hid behind one of three landmarks arranged in a triangle on a computer screen. The landmarks and character then disappeared and…
Descriptors: Geometric Concepts, Personality, Cartoons, Geometry
Not All Same-Different Discriminations Are Created Equal: Evidence Contrary to a Unidimensional Account of Same-Different Learning
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Gibson, Brett M.; Wasserman, Edward A.; Cook, Robert G. – Learning and Motivation, 2006
In Experiment 1, we trained four pigeons to concurrently discriminate displays of 16 same icons (16S) from displays of 16 different icons (16D) as well as between displays of same icons (16S) from displays that contained 15 same icons and one different icon (15S:1D). The birds rapidly learned to discriminate 16S vs. 16D displays, but they failed…
Descriptors: Visual Discrimination, Animal Behavior, Visual Learning, Learning Processes