In the longitudinal study by Tomlinson-Keasey and colleagues, children were given the same five concrete-operational tasks at five different ages. A key finding was that
a. children got gradually better with age at some tasks but not others.
b. children showed a dramatic gain in task performance between ages 7 and 8 on all tasks.
c. gains were gradual across age on all tasks between 6 and 9 years of age.
d. children’s performance was quite similar across tasks at each age, indicating that a single underlying ability was changing with age.
Answer: c. gains were gradual across age on all tasks between 6 and 9 years of age
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