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Otaala, Barnabas – 1973
This study investigated: (1) the level of thinking of the Iteso Primary School children in Uganda; and (2) whether abilities involved in the Piagetian tasks of conservation, classification, and seriation develop at the same rate. The subjects, ages 6 to 13 (the period of the 7-year African primary school) were interviewed in their own language and…
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Conservation (Concept), Environmental Influences
Peer reviewedPosner, Jill K.; Baroody, Arthur J. – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1979
Examines the effects of cultural and educational variables on the development of number conservation among Baoule (agricultural group) children and Dioula (merchant group) children. Results suggest that both school and a merchant culture provide for acquisition of a mature number concept, supporting the "functional learning systems"…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept), Conventional Instruction
