13 kindergarten and 10 prekindergarten children received elaborated instructions and material reward/cost contingencies in discrimination-learning problems containing blank-trial probes. Kindergarteners' performance was superior both to that obtained in a previous study, and to prekindergarteners' performance. Further exploration of task variables and individual differences is suggested.
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