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Understanding Conservation: A Playful Process
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Kefaloukos, Mary-Anne; Bobis, Janette – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2011
This article describes some aspects of Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development. It highlights the importance of giving young children specific access to explore conservation in measurement, which will give students invaluable experiences in measurement that in years to come will be regarded as their prior knowledge of the concept. This is…
Descriptors: Conservation (Concept), Prior Learning, Misconceptions, Piagetian Theory
Learning to Apply Numbers to Nature.
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Watson, Helen – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1987
Discussed are the results of interviews with 63 Australian children (interviewed in English) and 62 Nigerian children (62 interviewed in English and 60 interviewed in Yoruba) to determine how they used number concepts in discussing five demonstrations manipulating physical matter. Differences between the two groups are considered. (RH)
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept), Elementary Education
Annual Science Education Conference (9th, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, September 23, 1983).
Western Australia Science Education Association. – 1983
This proceedings contains the texts of 14 science education research studies which were presented at the 1983 Western Australia Science Education Conference. They include: "Students' Understanding of Chemical Equilibrium: A Report of Research in Progress" (Patrick J. Garnett, Mark W. Hackling); "Measuring the Learning Environment in…
Descriptors: Chemical Equilibrium, Classroom Environment, Computer Science Education, Conservation (Concept)