Object Grouping in Children: A Revised Look at the Iconic-Symbolic Approach
| Autor: | G. G. Abkarian |
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| Rok vydání: | 1987 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment. 5:166-177 |
| ISSN: | 1557-5144 0734-2829 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/073428298700500208 |
| Popis: | Normally functioning children (22 each at grades K, 2, 4, and 6) were exposed to the iconic-symbolic (I-S) subtest of the Muma Assessment Program (Muma & Muma, 1979). Instructions recommended for the I-S subtest (a classification task) were revised to align them with other studies of classification found in the literature. In a further departure from standard I-S testing protocols, subjects were required to provide rationale statements that justified their object pairings. Rationales then were evaluated on the degree of isomorphism between the object grouping criteria presumed a priori by the I-S and the actual criteria provided by subjects. Compared to an earlier study that used I-S materials, current results showed a higher level of isomorphic rationale under revised instruction; a non-linear relationship between subject age and selection of symbolic (ostensibly more abstract) object pairings; a tendency for subjects at grade 2 and older to shift their classification criteria as the test progressed. Results are related to the stage model of representation on which the I-S is based. Implications for the clinical evaluation of classification are discussed. |
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