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Peer reviewedVitaro, Frank; Robert, Michele – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1986
Appraises the respective contribution of initial competence and of imitation of modeled response in the observational learning of conservation among first grade children. (HOD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Compensation (Concept)
Vitaro, Frank; Robert, Michele – 1983
A study was conducted to investigate the respective contributions of personal and social factors (initial competence and imitation of modeled responses) in children's observational learning of conservation. Subjects included 180 first-grade nonconservers from six schools attended by French-speaking middle class pupils. All subjects failed…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Conservation (Concept), Elementary School Students
Download full textSpeece, Deborah L.; McKinney, James D. – 1983
A longitudinal investigation was conducted on the development of conservation skills in learning disabled (LD) children. During each of 3 years, six measures of conservation from the Concept Assessment Kit (space, number, substance, weight, continuous quantity, and discontinuous quantity) were administered to 31 newly identified LD students and 33…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Conservation (Concept), Developmental Stages
Hiebert, James; Carpenter, Thomas P. – 1980
This study investigated: (1) the relationship between the development of information processing capacity and certain Piagetian logical reasoning abilities; and (2) how the development of these cognitive abilities related to acquisition of certain measurement concepts. Forty first-grade children were individually administered tests of conservation…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept)
