The tasks were conducted with each child individually out of his/her classroom. On
average, it took each child about 20 minutes to complete the tasks. The Lab School children were
assessed in a hallway in Wallace Hall adjacent to the Lab School. The Head Start staff provided
a quiet, remote room. A research assistant accompanied the researcher, and all sessions were
video-taped for later coding. Each child was asked to sit with the researcher with a table in
between while conducting the tasks. The researcher placed the equipment needed on the table.
The order of tasks was counterbalanced among all participants, except that the language task was
always done last because it is the longest task.