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CLASSIFICATION BEHAVIORS IN THIRD AND SIXTH GRADE LOWER AND MIDDLE SOCIO‐ECONOMIC STATUS SCHOOL CHILDREN
Author(s) -
Mallett Jan,
Drew Clifford J.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1974.tb01231.x
Subject(s) - psychology , socioeconomic status , developmental psychology , grade level , cognition , concept learning , cognitive development , mathematics education , demography , population , sociology , neuroscience
SUMMARY Forty‐eight S s of Anglo‐Saxon parentage were randomly selected from Were Texas Public Schools. Four groups of 12 S s each were constituted of third grade lower SES, sixth grade lower SES, third grade middle SES and sixth grade middle SES. Each group was exposed to an array of objects to be grouped. Grouping on a conceptual, non‐conceptual or associational justification was possible. A standardised testing and scoring procedure was followed. Results indicated that the school experience may serve to widen the cognitive strategy system of the lower SES child by addition of the conceptual mode.