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Markovian Interpretations of Conservation Learning.
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Brainerd, Charles J. – Psychological Review, 1979
A general theory of how children learn conservation concepts is presented. The acquisition process is described at an abstract level in terms of a rule-sampling system, implying a three-state Markov model with identifiable parameters. Three experiments testing the model's quantitative predictions about conservation learning experiments are…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept), Developmental Stages