Identity, Compensation, and Conservation.

Acredolo, Curt; Acredolo, Linda P.

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Publication Date: 1979-Jun

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Identity, Compensation, and Conservation.

Acredolo, Curt; Acredolo, Linda P.

Child Development, v50 n2 p524-35 Jun 1979

Tests Piaget's assertions regarding compensation, identity, and conservation using a modified replication of Piaget and Taponier's classic study of liquid conservation. A total of 96 children in kindergarten and first grade were presented with a sequence of anticipation-of-liquid-conservation, anticipation-of-water-levels, and standard liquid-conservation tasks. (JMB)

Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Compensation (Concept), Conservation (Concept), Developmental Stages, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Theories

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