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A decade ago, Sheldon White (1965) reviewed some of the “behavior changes” in children in the 5-year to 7-year age range. In that chapter, he examined the evidence for a hierarchical organization of learning processes in children. He compiled an impressive list of important changes in learning processes, transitions in orientation and localization abilities, changes in performance on intellective measures, and other changes that appeared either to begin or to complete themselves between 5 and 7 years. Although some of the evidence for these changes was acknowledged as weak and requiring further follow-up work, White made the point that the changes occurring in this age range are part of a broad spectrum of change in the child’s learning processes.
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Gruen, G.E., Doherty, J. (1977). A Constructivist View of a Major Developmental Shift in Early Childhood. In: Užgiris, I.Č., Weizmann, F. (eds) The Structuring of Experience. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8786-6_11
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